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How Would You Change the World?
How Would You Change the World?

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How Would You Change the World?

Crazy, outrageous and downright wonderful ideas to make the world a better place.

Big Ideas
| 7 videos
 
02:02
BIG IDEAS: ep 1 – Imogen Heap’s Floating Houses
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, what world-changing device would you invent? 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. Featuring the song "First Train Home" by Imogen Heap off her album, Ellipse.

For more Big Ideas, visit babelgum.com/bigideas.
02:02
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
02:40
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.
02:11
BIG IDEAS: ep 4 - The Shrinking Car by Max Joseph
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.
02:06
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.
02:22
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.
01:54
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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