GOOGLE OFFERS $10 MILLION FOR IDEAS THAT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

Thursday, October 01, 2009
New Delhi: Google has launched a project called, 'Call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible,' and it is offering $10 million for the implementation of the best five ideas that can change the world. The company has already shortlisted 16 ideas that have the potential to help the most number of people.


The 16 ideas such as building a real time, user-reported news service and making educational content free online were shortlisted from thousands of ideas submitted by people from different parts of the world.

As per descriptions available on the website, the user-reported news service would help people find and report timely, important local information. "Implementation of this idea would involve creating a system that enables ordinary citizens to easily report news that's happening around them, from meaningful local events to important global stories," the website said.

Other ideas include:

  1. Creating genocide monitoring and alert system,
  2. Promoting health monitoring and data analysis 
  3. Building better banking tools for everyone. 
The public can vote on these ideas till October 8.


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