Idea a day, end

Yea, I failed at thinking up a new idea a day.  But if I continued, I might have come of with some crappy ones.... that would be more fail.  This is significantlly harder then thinking of a new game idea a day.  I could maybe have done it if I had like a few hours to spare at a round table with a few good minds...  so, maybe I could put together one of those next.

But a few of my friends did help, thanks you guys!

I did sumit a few ideas though:

1o to the 100 idea network

Democratically Controlled Homeless Shelter

Wavering Donation

Discussion Overview

Advertisments for the Internet

Suicide Note Database

I don't think the other ideas are done yet... but if you want to finish them up yourself and submit them, be my guest.

I do, however, like the format to these ideas. I think I might use for whenever I get a new idea to make the world a better place.

Live video lecture

1. What one sentence best describes your idea?Teachers can teach a class of students remotely with online video.
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3. Describe your idea in more depth. 
4. Using web cams or other technology, teachers can teach students basic, to highly advanced and specialized subjects. Students could interact in a variety of ways, such as digitally "raising their hand", so the instructor could know to stop talking, and allowing other students to answer questions. Perhaps even provide social networking features for student to help each other during and after the lecture.
   
   
5. What problem or issue does your idea address?
   
6. It is difficult to learn specialized subjects, pick your teachers, get helpful answers to questions remotely, find like minded people, etc...

Suicide Note Database

1. What one sentence best describes your idea?An open database of search-able and tag-able suicide notes.
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3. Describe your idea in more depth. 
4. A site containing thousands of peoples' final words before they took their lives. Each note would be tagged with the reason the person took their life, and have lots of graphs and different ways to look at the data.
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6. What problem or issue does your idea address?
   
7. Helps reveal the un-addressed or unidentified issues our society that cause people to kill themselves.
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9. If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?Future potential victims of suicide, and people who may not go that far. We would be a few steps closer to solving whatever problems they are having.
   What are the initial steps required to get this idea off the ground?
   
10. Find out the legal things for putting up people's suicide notes.

Advertisments for the Internet

What one sentence best describes your idea?

A series a public service advertisements of how the Internet can help you

Describe your idea in more depth. 

Use conventional media advertisements, like billboards, commercials, and others, to help people understand how they could use the Internet. They would drive points, such as using the Internet to solve problems, how you could use it for social stuff, and how you could not just use it for social stuff.

What problem or issue does your idea address?

The Internet caught people off guard as a potential solution to several of their problems. The older generation's first instinct is to ask for help, but they don't think to use the Internet. Also, there is still some underestimating going on in terms of the scope of the problems the Internet could potentially solve.

If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?

People who are behind on the uses of the Internet, or people that think the Internet isn't capable to solving serious issues.

What are the initial steps required to get this idea off the ground?

In addition to hiring people who make advertisements, probably seeking more funders for this project who would also be interested.

If you'd like to recommend a specific organization, or the ideal type of organization, to execute your plan, please do so here. 

The World Wide Web Consortium

Gradeschool Video penpal

1. What one sentence best describes your idea?
   Grade schools classrooms send video recordings to other schools to learn about a different kind of culture.
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3. Describe your idea in more depth. 
4. The teachers would ask the kids what kind of things they would want to record to show to kids from another school. Then, maybe, the could have individual video introductions for each child, and move on from there. It would provide a way for the kids to know more about the culture of that school, that writing alone would not achieve.
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6. What problem or issue does your idea address?
   
7. Sometimes people have trouble respect people from other walks of life.
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9. If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?Children would benefit, and perhaps even their parents, because they would be more open minded to people of different cultures.

Film of the near future

1. What one sentence best describes your idea?An independent film competition that focuses less on the technology of the near future, and more on how people might behave and think.
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3. Describe your idea in more depth. 
4. When normal films depict the near future, the focus is the technology and how normal people of out time would use it. This competition would depict the mentality of how people would behave and think depending on what kind of future the world ends up in.
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6. What problem or issue does your idea address?
   
7. People have no guidance of how to think or act ahead as economic, environmental, and medical changes approach.
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9. If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?People in first world countries. They would have a better understanding on how the future could affect our culture.
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    Describe the optimal outcome should your idea be selected and successfully implemented. How would you measure it?The popularity a project like this achieves. How much of a perceivable impact it makes. (I agree, not a very good form of measure)

Community Locality of (your city)

1. What one sentence best describes your idea?
   A place where people can drop in and instantly find volunteer opportunities that are right for them.
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3. Describe your idea in more depth. 
4. A centralized building where people can come inquiring about volunteer opportunities, sign up for ones in the future, maybe even find some that they can start doing right away. It could also be a good meeting spot to carpool to other volunteer locations. People in need of help could also come and post their needs, and perhaps even find someone waiting to help them. It could also be a great way to find adventures with your friends.
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6. What problem or issue does your idea address?
   
7. Volunteering isn't usually seen as "a fun thing to do on a Friday night." Perhaps with a structure like this, it can be. There really isn't a centralized place where you can find all the volunteer oppertunites in your area. If you need help, there isn't a phsycal ares where you can ask for it.
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9. If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?Volunteers, organizations and those in need would benefit, because it would bring them all together in a positive context.
   What are the initial steps required to get this idea off the ground?
   
10. Talk to local community governments and planners about setting up a place like this in the area.