CNN Ideas

• Ideas
• Coastal defense
• Crowdfunding
• Daylight savings
• Drones
• Flexible displays
• Mind control
• Self-driving cars
• Sensor implants
• Thinking tech
• The wheel

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The CNN 10: Ideas

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Where do good ideas come from?

Some say they're the result of collaboration between people whose collective wisdom is greater than that of any individual. Others believe the best ideas happen when a brilliant mind pursues a singular vision that hasn't been watered down by groupthink.

Either way, bold ideas are the currency of our knowledge economy and the lifeblood of our advancement as a culture. We don't always grasp the importance of one when we see it for the first time, but we recognize them in hindsight. (How did we ever carry our bags before someone invented wheeled luggage?)

As part of our focus on innovation, CNN is honoring 10 emerging ideas in technology and related fields. These are concepts with big potential to change the world: to make us healthier, to keep us safer on the highways, to protect the coastline during storms, to help our computers think for themselves, to literally reinvent the wheel.

Many of these ideas are already gaining traction. Some may never take flight. But all are sparking dialogue among thought leaders in their fields, which is never a bad thing. We believe they're all worth pondering.

May we present the CNN 10: Ideas.

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