Want To Become A Billionaire? Just Solve One Of These 10 Problems http://www.businessinsider.com/billion-dollar-problems-2014-4/comments en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:55:51 -0500 Rob Wile http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535da6686bb3f7d1600393e5 Sharky - Shariq Pak Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:52:56 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535da6686bb3f7d1600393e5 My idea for number 8 - Earthquakes Tectonic Geoengineering Feasibility Are the precursors of earthquake epicentres detectable as localised rock pressure increases? After such detection can engineered solutions be developed to relieve the precursor pressure spots to keep faults slipping as a managed process. Perhaps inducing minor earthquakes to release the sustained building of pressure that eventually may lead to a catastrophic earthquake. I'm persuing other projects and this feasibility would benefit from the efforts of someone else to move forward. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=130029250" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=130029250</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535d500d69beddb3220393e2 Wta Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:44:29 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535d500d69beddb3220393e2 "This is the big one, boys. This is the one that brings us back. Soon, AM radio will reign king once more!" http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535d4e67ecad0463490393e6 Wta Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:37:27 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535d4e67ecad0463490393e6 Specifying a good use for two-step that would get billions into someone's pocket: Two-step for credit cards. Companies have big data resources to track transactions, type of customers, location, suspicious sales and all other sorts of variables. But it is usually reactive and the consumers usually have to be aware of their own transactions. Automated systems won't find all acts of identity theft, and a decent amount they find after the damage has been done. Since people can turn their cards off/on to transactions in the event of lost/stolen card, why don't they just allow an ON/OFF measure where I can turn ON when shopping and OFF when needed. I can just send a single message to a system and my card can be active/declining immediately. Since people tie their phone numbers into their accounts a SMS message (and maybe a pin) would suffice. Spoofing techniques are somewhat easy, but the measures make it very expensive and time-consuming for someone to spoof SMS messages of multiple phones. As well, data can track ON/OFF times well enough and can send a response about a specific transaction if something is suspicious (ie SMS sends message while you shop at a new store : "Are you purchasing X dollars from Y store? Respond with "yes" or "no". Real-time responses by consumers would supplement theft protection, add a layer of security, and immediately react to threats when consumer thinks it is an unauthorized transaction. I'd pay money to have this on my account, and SMS programming already exist with banks on some level. If someone sold such product to smaller banks (big banks could do this easily in-house), they would make a great deal of money, especially if prices were based on a per-submission agreement like merchant transactions. Billion-dollar ideas are everywhere; this article should've been called "Make a billion dollars by answering these questions and possibly have millions laying around to invest in the opportunity." http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535c249eeab8ea3c5bfb88b2 everybodypoops Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:26:54 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535c249eeab8ea3c5bfb88b2 What kind of invention makes people better human beings? It's like inventing guns or nukes, they're just tools to be used by good or bad people. Collectively how we treat others establishes what social standards become the norm, then others emulate that behavior by default. Technology brings movies, for example, at a lower cost and higher quality to a wider audience than ever before, but the stories being told are what can influence how those viewers treat others. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535c21f7ecad042579fb88a5 everybodypoops Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:15:35 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535c21f7ecad042579fb88a5 'Quick' is a rate, 'lots of' is an amount. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535a853e69bedd3102505e1f Theqbo Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:54:38 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535a853e69bedd3102505e1f Check also www.cashsender.com for number 5 :) http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535a845f69bedd2f03505e22 Theqbo Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:50:55 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535a845f69bedd2f03505e22 Well ... number 5 has already been solved! Why don't you check www.cashsender.com They've been going since 2005 :) You should check it out ... http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53598cbaecad0403561bc897 israelanderson Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:14:18 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53598cbaecad0403561bc897 Part a of #8 is already being done very successfully by Piers Corbyn. Interview him! Yes, he's a nutty scientists and produces terrible graphics and charts. He's also incredibly accurate. <a href="https://twitter.com/Piers_Corbyn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >https://twitter.com/Piers_Corbyn</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53597377eab8eacc476a5c15 David Aitchison Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:26:31 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53597377eab8eacc476a5c15 #1, can you say Tesla Coil, you take away the need for a battery completely. Just mail the check please. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53586dd2ecad0473476f7e2f Shas_el Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:50:10 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53586dd2ecad0473476f7e2f NO. 6 is a new drug called Belviq which can help people to lose weight. FDA approved anti-obesity medication. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357d6d1ecad04a52b460906 #11 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:05:53 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357d6d1ecad04a52b460906 Make an app called WhatsFlappyAppBird http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357d5f4ecad04ce21460902 James Poulson Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:02:12 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357d5f4ecad04ce21460902 Why is it impossible ? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357d5d36bb3f76604e151cc James Poulson Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:01:39 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357d5d36bb3f76604e151cc For (close to) Unhackable Passwords might as well switch to passphrases as is possible on Facebook and other sites. Super-Low-Cost International Payments has been solved. Use bitcoin lol. Cheap scalable solar power has been solved in a way. Solar cells are available in tiled format. So has rural internet. A French company managed to simulate satellite coverage using building tops back in the early 2000s. Perhaps they got bought out though. Wireless power has already been solved. Ask Tesla. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357b9746bb3f72b20e151d0 dgutting Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:00:36 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5357b9746bb3f72b20e151d0 Here's one more to add: Hubris. Any list seeking to solve Death needs to add that. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53579dca69bedd9f44ca22aa We are Wed, 23 Apr 2014 07:02:34 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53579dca69bedd9f44ca22aa You need to qualify that by saying "efficiently turning garbage into energy." Garbage to energy has been a reality for decades. There are incinerators but we can't scale back byproducts. We have anaerobic digestion which it turn creates methane. It's economies of scale at this point, but we see major breakthroughs in the next few years. Stay tuned! http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53579109ecad049d21460902 Pundit Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:08:09 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53579109ecad049d21460902 #10 is IMPOSSIBLE! Remember it's higher power we are dealing with. It doesn't matter if you are a BELIEVER or not! http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535760e2ecad04db759307a9 Jimmy the perished Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:42:42 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535760e2ecad04db759307a9 I'm pretty sure, that while some do like the idea of solving the #10 - Death, it would ruin the humankind. Just think about it: * We live in an overpopulated world, and the headcount increases by the our - and you wish to prolong life? It's insane - we have already broken the balance in nature, what would 20 something billion of us do on a single planet? Where would you get the food to feed everyone, recycle the waste, produce fresh water? * 99,5% of people that wish to live forever don't know what to do on wednesday evening * It's worth to read through Asimov's "Robot" series to get another view as to why a prolonged life expectancy of a human being is a bad idea * all in all, 70-80 years in this world - isn't it enough to enjoy it for what it is and then embrace the circle of life as a natural part of being? Of course it seems ridiculous in your 20'ies, but by the time you reach the 60-70 IF you have lived a good life, I think that the idea of dying just comes naturally and isn't that bad. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535731456da811415bc470c0 Chas Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:19:33 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535731456da811415bc470c0 #6- there already is a magic pill for that- it's called 'nutritional diet and exercise', but, people are too lazy to swallow it. #2- Google gave this project the appropriate title- balloons are are unreliable and susceptible to the forces of nature, as well as being more garbage when they go down- drones have an equal capacity for being a stupid idea. #3- There is already a company developing solar cell materials using solar power itself, that is more cost-effective than traditional manufacturing processes of solar cells. #4- Look up the definition of 'Oxymoron' in the dictionary~ it applies here. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53572ef76bb3f73c3a9307a3 The Man Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:09:43 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53572ef76bb3f73c3a9307a3 It's a surprise BI didn't mention that you could just make another useless app and become instant billionaire. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535717e46bb3f7aa619307ac dknola Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:31:16 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535717e46bb3f7aa619307ac Satellite Internet, improve that and it will be everywhere. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535717bd6da811aa61c470c8 dknola Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:30:37 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535717bd6da811aa61c470c8 But then the energy companies would tax it since it didn't come from then, crybabies. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53570d3fecad04275b9307ab Tom Gilbert Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:45:51 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53570d3fecad04275b9307ab 1.) Here's a formula (or three) for prime numbers (there's more but I couldn't fit all of it in here): P = N – (2(N+1)) – (3(2N+1)) - (〈(6N₁→…±1)•(6N…∞ ±1)〉), Where P ≠ 0 or 1, and Where P = all primes, and Where N = all whole numbers from 1, 2, 3, etc……, Or, possibly f(∑_(i=1)^ ∞▒〖1+2+3+⋯∞)〗 - f((2*(n+1)) +(3*(2*n+1)) + (∑_(n=1)^ ∞▒(6*n-1)*((6*n-1)+(12*n-1)+(18*n-1)+(24*n-1)…(6*(∞)*n-1))) + (∑_(n=1)^ ∞▒(6*n-1)*((6*n+1)+(12*n+1)+(18*n+1)+(24*n+1)…(6*(∞)*n+1))) +f(∑_(n=1)^ ∞▒(6*n+1)*((6*n-1)+(12*n-1)+(18*n-1)+(24*n-1)…(6*(∞)*n-1))) +f(∑_(n=1)^ ∞▒(6*n+1)*((6*n+1)+(12*n+1)+(18*n+1)+(24*n+1)…(6*(∞)*n+1)))) = f(0) Where f(0) ≠ 0 or 1, and Where f(0) = all primes, and Where n = all whole numbers from 1, 2, 3, etc……, Or, possibly: f(n) - f((2*(n+1)) + (3*(2*n+1)) + ((6*n-1)*((6*n-1) + (12*n-1) + (18*n-1) + (24*n-1)…(6*(∞)*n-1))) + ((6*n-1)*((6*n+1) + (12*n+1) + (18*n+1) + (24*n+1)…(6*(∞)*n+1))) + ((6*n+1)*((6*n-1) + (12*n-1) + (18*n-1) + (24*n-1)…(6*(∞)*n-1))) + ((6*n+1)*((6*n+1) + (12*n+1) + (18*n+1) + (24*n+1)…(6*(∞)*n+1)))) = f(f(a)) And 2.) I also have figured out how literacy is actually acquired, and I would gladly give all that I have discovered away freely to the world, but no one is interested........... Curious? Blessings and Namaste, TG http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535700306da8114f7cc470c0 JustSomeGuy Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:50:08 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535700306da8114f7cc470c0 You don't need faster than light propulsion to do that. At near the speed of light you could make it to the center of the galaxy in 50 years, thanks to time dilation. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356f7216bb3f7656c9307a4 Mitch Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:11:29 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356f7216bb3f7656c9307a4 Congress and our president (the garbage) already produce tons of hot air (energy). If only we could harness this energy, we could heat every home in America. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356eba569bedd3309383952 adatherton Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:22:29 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356eba569bedd3309383952 1. Nearly there, 2. 4-5-6-7G solar-powered towers, 3. Larger farms 4. GM trees to ingest more CO2 5. Legislation - tell banks 0.25% is usury, should be 0.0025% 6. Legislation to remove addictives 7. Solar-powered slow desal in remote areas (blanket 10% of Arabia with PV). 8. A real biggie - Moore's law and better transducers 9. DNA 10. Fix telomerase degradation by GRT, fixes cancer as well http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356de10ecad04df359307a3 davidmac Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:24:32 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356de10ecad04df359307a3 Faster-than-Light propulsion. We could then colonize the galaxy and everyone could have their own planet. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356c244ecad043354fcd216 christopher.s.hansen.1 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:25:56 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356c244ecad043354fcd216 All this require atleast a billion dollar in capital already http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356bfffecad049a49fcd218 Just A Guy Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:16:15 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356bfffecad049a49fcd218 For those less gifted, how about male enhancement that actually works? Or breast enlargement without surgery? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356b011eab8ea4e669bb13c Angry Populist Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:08:17 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356b011eab8ea4e669bb13c Not just predicting weather/naturla disaster events..how about predicting the future??? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356ad6feab8eafb5c9bb13f grenadetrade Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:57:03 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356ad6feab8eafb5c9bb13f I actually think that solution for hair loss is a huge industry. You can exercise to get healthier, but it's pretty hard to not lose hair, if you're genetically prone to lose them. Politicians would also love this as form of bribery. Hair = more votes. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356a49e6da8110765198ea2 Dan978 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:19:26 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356a49e6da8110765198ea2 #6 Pill for weight loss Of course, once we figure this out, it's just asking for a calamity/food shortages/famine. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53569f106bb3f7ac2c9bb13e mr mcknuckles Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:55:44 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53569f106bb3f7ac2c9bb13e Um, no. Hyperinflation, would lead to lots of billionaires, but that ain't going to happen in any developed country with a rule of law. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53569586ecad043835fcd218 JeffD Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:15:02 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53569586ecad043835fcd218 I'm on it! Call me Friday. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535693686da8110119198ea2 JimmyDee Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:06:00 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535693686da8110119198ea2 Cure of the uncurable... HIV AIDS... Or maybe "they" have already found the solution for AIDS its just that they don't want it out because "its bad for business"..... http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356903b6da8119a04198ea2 kmq Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:52:27 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356903b6da8119a04198ea2 2. Rural, Remote Internet - that one has already been solved using 5th Generation Mobile Phone/Data technology. Its also economical unlike a satellite based solution! http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53568b1f69beddd1087ea9b2 TTXNET Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:30:39 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53568b1f69beddd1087ea9b2 Wait....none of these things helps the world because with all of them the world is till pretty messed up. How about solving the problem of people not treating others the way they themselves DON'T want to be treated. That would solve most of our problems. And oh yeah, if you can solve it I will forgo the billions. Wouldn't need it anyway if that problem is solved. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53568af06bb3f773669bb13e torgrim Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:29:52 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53568af06bb3f773669bb13e Shhh! Geeze. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53568a5e6da811e066198ea2 App Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:27:26 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53568a5e6da811e066198ea2 Oovoo http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535684c769bedddc717ea9af Jed Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:03:35 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535684c769bedddc717ea9af Want to become a trillionaire, yes trillion? Turn garbage into energy. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356822a6da8111b44198ea2 ETF Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:52:26 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356822a6da8111b44198ea2 Bingo. Central banking has replaced reward for hard work with reward for working others hard. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535678faeab8ea4c1a9bb13c freddybobs68k Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:13:14 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/535678faeab8ea4c1a9bb13c Or most likely if by some chance you do solve one of these problems, someone else will become the billionaire. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356707069bedd972a7ea9ae AskComment Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:36:48 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5356707069bedd972a7ea9ae Quickest way to become a billionaire is hyper-deflation. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53566fe56bb3f758069bb13a jrk Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:34:29 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53566fe56bb3f758069bb13a 11) Web conferencing http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53566dbd69bedd61117ea9b5 blackswan's smarter brother Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:25:17 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53566dbd69bedd61117ea9b5 The simplest problem to solve, in order to become a billionaire, would be: To which elected official would one have to pay the least amount of bribe money, in order to get the most lucrative no-bid government contracts? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53566984eab8ea2e619bb140 Doug in Virginia Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:07:16 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53566984eab8ea2e619bb140 "The solution is left as an exercise to the reader." Just wanted to note that there many websites offering additional security beyond passwords, notably secondary authenticator delivered via smartphone or similar technology. If you are not using so-called two-factor authentication, they you are basically waiting to be hacked. This of all the emails you get from people that you sort of vaguely know, asking you to look an obscure web link. Hacking victims. Don't let this be you. Here's a website tracking the availability of this capability. If you use services on this list, enable extra security if you care about who uses your account. It works well on the sites where I have it enabled. <a href="http://twofactorauth.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://twofactorauth.org/</a>