60 Second Idea to Improve the World

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• Let's create our own song IDs. Alena Ledeneva. 04 Feb 2012

  Sat, 4 Feb 12

  Duration:
  6 mins
  
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  Sociologist Alena Ledeneva wants to replace the current formal identity documents, such as passports, ID cards and birth certificates, with a unique song ID for each of us. After all, countries already have their national anthems, so why couldn't everyone have their own, personal one?

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• Human Memory Chip.Chris Mason 28 Jan 2012

  Sat, 28 Jan 12

  Duration:
  6 mins
  
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  Professor Chris Mason wants a Human Memory Chip, a low-cost device, either silicon or cell based, which would provide everyone with a complete collection of all their experiences with instant recall and without loss of detail or the distortions of time. This would record not just the visual but also the sensory and emotional aspects of our memories which could then be re-lived at leisure, discarded or passed on to future generations.

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• Aquameter. Veronique Tadjo 21 Jan 12

  Sat, 21 Jan 12

  Duration:
  6 mins
  
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  Ivorian artist Veronique Tadjo wants to use technology to help us defy temptation. The Aquameter; a personal device which can record individual water consumption and can strengthen our self control by sending messages to encourage us to do better or congratulate us for reducing our consumption.

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• Digital Cousins. Timothy Garton Ash 14 Jan 2012

  Sat, 14 Jan 12

  Duration:
  5 mins
  
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  Award winning author, Professor Timothy Garton Ash, says that every person should be assigned a ‘digital cousin’ from the other end of the world at birth, a pen pal for the digital era. If you are in Lagos, perhaps someone from Melbourne, in Toronto, maybe someone from Shanghai. Through the wonders of modern technology, where 4 billion people are already connected online or through mobile phone, we can share experiences, music, art and gain a completely different perspective on life.

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