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A woooooppppppping $10 million
To mark Google's 10th birthday they have launched Project 10^100
That's "ten to the hundredth" in Google speak, a call for ideas that could help as many people as possible, and a program to bring the best of those ideas to life. CNN will be covering this project, including profiles of ideas and the people who submit them from around the world.
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, from all walks of life, could use so much help, in ways both little 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.
The question is: what would help? And help most?
At Google, they don't believe they have the answers, but they do believe the answers are out there. Maybe in a lab, or a company or a university - or 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.
If you have an idea that you believe would help somebody, Google want to hear about it. They are looking for ideas that help as many people as possible. You can submit your ideas and help vote on ideas from others. Final idea selections will be made by an advisory board.
Google have committed $10 million to fund up to five ideas selected by the advisory board.
