What are we going to do tomorrow, Google?

Google: “Try to take over the world!”

Or perhaps, just try and save it. That’s right, Google, as part of its tenth birthday, is launching a new “change the world” project under the title ‘Project 10^100’ (pronounced Project 10 to the hundred), which is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.

In order to take on this global challenge, Google is asking its 119,640,000 monthly unique users to send it exciting ideas for ways to improve people’s lives.

Google is committing $10 million to the project that will turn the five best ideas into reality.

Ideas can be big or small, technology-driven or brilliantly simple. The one thing these ideas must guarantee, however, is maximum impact.

Google will identify the 100 best ideas and then ask its users to vote on which ideas the company should fund. Users’ votes select the 20 finalists, and then a panel of judges will choose up to five ideas for final funding – because good ideas come from all angles.

So what has the search giant come up with so far?

A team of just two people are implementing a solution to help the millions of people who laboriously carry on their heads five gallon buckets of water for long distances by designing and distributing The Hippo Water Roller, a relatively inexpensive 24-gallon container that can be easily wheeled on the ground.

First Mile Solutions is implementing simple but effective ideas for connecting isolated communities in developing countries to the internet. One plan has communities tacking on Wi-Fi devices to public buses so they can detect and send stored emails and messages as the buses travel through unconnected areas.

Do you have an idea? Let Google (and us!) know about it…..

 

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