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BIG IDEAS: ep 4 - The Shrinking Car by Max Joseph

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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. To watch more episodes in this series, visit the Big Ideas page.
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BIG IDEAS: ep 3 - Sklar Brothers' Guns for Animals
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, how would you change the world? Randy and Jason Sklar propose we make things a little fairer by giving animals guns, too. Hunters: the playing field has been leveled. For more videos in this series, visit babelgum.com/bigideas.
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BIG IDEAS: ep 5 - Teleportation Device by Matt Mason
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, how would you change the world? What about a teleportation device? You could visit your friend halfway around the world at any time of the day.To watch more episodes in this series, visit the Big Ideas page.
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BIG IDEAS: ep 7 - Energym by Gustavo Barceloni
The Big Ideas competition winner!

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.

To watch the rest of the Big Ideas series, visit the Big Ideas page.
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BIG IDEAS: ep 2 – Dickson Despommier's Vertical...
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, what world-changing device would you invent? Columbia professor Dickson Despommier imagines filling New York’s skyscrapers with farms. To learn more about vertical farming, go to www.verticalfarm.com.
For more videos in this series, visit babelgum.com/bigideas
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BIG IDEAS: ep 6 - Weederbot by Susan Feniger
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 series, Susan Feniger, the matriarch of Los Angeles fine dining, dreams up the multi-functional Weederbot. Susan Feniger is the chef and owner of Border Grill, Ciudad, and Susan Feniger's STREET. To find out more about Big Ideas, visit babelgum.com/bigideas.
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GOOD: Reaction Housing
When disasters like the Haiti earthquake or Hurricane Katrina strike, we need to temporarily house people and house them quickly. But how? In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became obvious that America was frustratingly ill-prepared to house people displaced by a natural disaster. Michael McDaniel took this as a design challenge. His Exo housing system—inspired by the humble styrofoam cup—could be deployed quickly and cheaply to help us when we need it most.
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GOOD: The Revolution Door
Revolving doors are ubiquitous in our cities. Why not use them to generate free energy? The Revolution Door by Fluxxlab would do just that. It converts the kinetic energy used to push the door into electricity. Several similar projects are in operation worldwide. Now we're not just spinning our wheels.
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GOOD: Bryant's Better Data Center
As the country's second most wired campus, Bryant University needed a data center that was state of the art. Their new system saves energy, space, and money—and, of course, keeps the students connected.
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Harmony: Mini Wind Turbines
Our planet is a fragile ecosystem. To keep it in balance, we’ll have to figure out how to harness nature to generate clean, affordable energy. Mini Wind Turbines in San Francisco has one answer. Their turbines are cheap and practical, and can power lights or charge cell phones in villages that are off the grid.
For more content from this Branded Channel, check out Babelgum’s GOOD
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I Heart America
To kick off the first issue of GOOD, we asked W+K 12, the educational outpost of Portland, Oregon-based advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, to devote their time and creativity to find a way to visually display the theme: I (heart) America. Now in its third year, W+K 12 recruits twelve diversely creative people— photographers, physicists, lawyers, songwriters, etc.—from thousands of applicants to apply their talents to problems of expression, advertising-related or otherwise. For more content from this Branded Channel, check out Babelgum’s GOOD
 

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