Big Ideas!

Big Ideas: Max Joseph's Shrinking Car

GOOD — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:58 PDT

If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, how would you change the world? What about cars that could shrink to fit in your pocket? We could turn our parking lots into water parks. GOOD director Max Joseph explains.

Big Ideas: Susan Feniger's Weederbot

GOOD — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:49 PDT

We all like the idea of urban gardening, but actually tending a garden takes time that some people just don't have. That's why, for Babelgum and GOOD's Big Ideas competition, Susan Feniger, the matriarch of Los Angeles fine dining, dreams up the multi-functional Weederbot.

Big Ideas: Imogen Heap's Floating Houses

GOOD — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:48 PDT

If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, what world-changing device would you invent? To launch Babelgum and GOOD's new Big Ideas competition, renowned electronic songstress Imogen Heap gets the ball rolling with her suggestion that we all live in floating spherical homes, and allow areas damaged by man to regenerate.

Big Ideas: Matt Mason's Teleportation Device

GOOD — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:39 PDT

If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, how would you change the world? Matt Mason's idea is a teleportation device. You could visit your friend halfway around the world at any time of the day.

Big Ideas: Dickson Despommier's Vertical Farming

GOOD — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:32 PDT

If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, what world-changing device would you invent? In the second installment of Babelgum and GOOD's new Big Ideas competition, Columbia professor Dickson Despommier imagines filling New York's skyscrapers with farms.

Big Ideas: Gustavo Barceloni's Energym

GOOD — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:25 PDT

There are more than 20,000 gyms and health clubs in America. That's a lot of spinning and rowing. What if we could harness the power of all those workouts? Gustavo Barceloni's Big Idea is the Energym, a place where exercise makes free electricity.

Big Ideas: The Sklar Brothers' Guns for Animals

GOOD — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:22 PDT

If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, how would you change the world? For GOOD and Babelgum's Big Ideas competition, Randy and Jason Sklar propose we make things a little fairer by giving animals guns, too. Hunters: the playing field has been leveled.