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Google has been running their 10^100 competition for a while now, but having whittled down the 150 000 applications to 16 categories, it’s finally time for the public to get involved en masse. The 10^100 concept is a call for innovative ideas that will change the world and help the most people.
Google decided to identify the 16 most common themes from all of the applications, and open these categories up for public voting. One can get involved by going to the 10^100 page.
The votes will help the Google “advisory board” to further reduce the competition to five categories. Once the categories have been chosen, a request-for-proposal process will be opened up to those wishing to tackle the challenges and the best proposals will receive funding. Google is committing US$10 million to the funding of these projects.
An example of the categories:
Provide quality education to African students: An initiative to provide quality education and facilities to children who lack access; giving leadership training to outstanding young people who will comprise tomorrow’s African leaders; and providing an online networking space for knowledge sharing and collaboration among teachers in Africa.
Collect and organize the world’s urban data: Support efforts to organize, analyze and make accessible online the world’s urban and population data. Information about the urban planet is ever more invaluable in helping understand humanity’s impact on our surroundings, thus empowering citizens and helping leaders make better-informed decisions.
Make government more transparent: Create a website that enables people from any country or municipality to easily learn about the workings of their government, and rally their fellow citizens to take action to improve it.
Google decided to identify the 16 most common themes from all of the applications, and open these categories up for public voting. One can get involved by going to the 10^100 page.
The votes will help the Google “advisory board” to further reduce the competition to five categories. Once the categories have been chosen, a request-for-proposal process will be opened up to those wishing to tackle the challenges and the best proposals will receive funding. Google is committing US$10 million to the funding of these projects.
An example of the categories:
Provide quality education to African students: An initiative to provide quality education and facilities to children who lack access; giving leadership training to outstanding young people who will comprise tomorrow’s African leaders; and providing an online networking space for knowledge sharing and collaboration among teachers in Africa.
Collect and organize the world’s urban data: Support efforts to organize, analyze and make accessible online the world’s urban and population data. Information about the urban planet is ever more invaluable in helping understand humanity’s impact on our surroundings, thus empowering citizens and helping leaders make better-informed decisions.
Make government more transparent: Create a website that enables people from any country or municipality to easily learn about the workings of their government, and rally their fellow citizens to take action to improve it.