Google 10th Year : Kicks off Project 10^100

Posted on September 27th, 2008 in Google

Google just turns 10 today. Looking back 10 years ago did you know the Google company started out as the name Backrub and Googol?

Anyway for the 10th anniversary Google has decided to kicks off a project called Project 10100 (pronounced “Project 10 to the 100th”) where it calls for submission of ideas for a humanitarian effort, a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.

Google has committed $10 million to the winner of the best idea to implement the project. The categories include:

Community: How can we help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures?

Opportunity: How can we help people better provide for themselves and their families?

Energy: How can we help move the world toward safe, clean, inexpensive energy?

Environment: How can we help promote a cleaner and more sustainable global ecosystem?

Health: How can we help individuals lead longer, healthier lives?

Education: How can we help more people get more access to better education?

Shelter: How can we help ensure that everyone has a safe place to live?

Everything else: Sometimes the best ideas don’t fit into any category at all.

The deadline is October 20th, 2008, and more information can be found here.

“May Those Who Help The Most Win”