This week’s post for the Ideas of the week featuring ideas that might change our world.
1. Own a color, Save a life
Innovation+ Social Welfare
Dulux has launched a website initiative with UNICEF in which users can buy one of the 16.7 million colors to raise money for children’s charity. more
2. Giant QR Codes Might Help Businesses Get Noticed on Google
Design thinking + Creative
Google Earth and Google Maps can now sport a large QR code on your rooftop. more
3. WanderPlayer Turns Your Phone Into a Controller for Any Computer Game
Mobile + Game + Innovation
WanderPlayer has developed a technology that turns iPhones and Android phones into controllers for computer games. more
4. Airborne Wind Energy Technology Can Fly Like a Kite
Technology + Innovation
Now a kite flying in the sky can generate energy for us. As it flies, it harvests energy of higher-speed winds, which brings the power that is used for generating electrical energy. more
5. Touchscreen to create an augmented reality experience.
Technology + Innovation + AR
Intel’s chips and a 7-foot-tall clear touchscreen combine to create an augmented reality experience for consumers. more
6. One Man’s Plan to Bring WiFi to an Entire Continent
Technology + Communication
Kayak.com co-founder Paul English plans to blanket Africa in free wireless internet. more
This week’s post compiled by Alok Kumar