Why this project?
Never in history have so many people had so much information, so many tools at their disposal, so many ways of making good ideas come to life. Yet at the same time, so many people, of all walks of life, could use so much help, in both little ways and big.
In the midst of this, new studies are reinforcing the simple wisdom that beyond a certain very basic level of material wealth, the only thing that increases individual happiness over time is helping other people.
In other words, helping helps everybody, helper and helped alike.
The question is: what would help? And help most?
At Google, we don't believe we have the answers, but we do believe the answers are out there. Maybe in a lab, or a company, or a university -- but maybe not.
Maybe the answer that helps somebody is in your head, in something you've observed, some notion that you've been fiddling with, some small connection you've noticed, some old thing you have seen with new eyes.
We've narrowed 154,000 submissions down to 16 top ideas. Which ones should we make real? Cast your vote, and help us change the world.
What are the ideas that have made it into the top 16 list for Google.
ReplyDeleteThe 16 topics of the projects are :
ReplyDelete1.Create real-time natural crisis tracking system
2.Make government more transparent
3.Help social entrepreneurs drive change
4.Provide quality education to African students
5.Encourage positive media depictions of engineers and scientists
6.Build better banking tools for everyone
7.Work toward socially conscious tax policies
8.Collect and organize the world's urban data
9.Create genocide monitoring and alert system
10.Enhance science and engineering education
11.Promote health monitoring and data analysis
12.Create real-world issue reporting system
13.Create more efficient landmine removal programs
14.Drive innovation in public transport
15.Build real-time, user-reported news service
16.Make educational content available online for free