INTE1: Millionaires Project
So the Millionaires project was a presentation that showcases a technology that we had decided to develop with a million pounds for a specific client.
Given a choice for 3 clients we were to pick one and choose a brief business idea that could also be started with the money.
I had a few initial ideas to revolutionise the running shoe by creating a shoe where it would mould to the foot meaning that you would no longer get discomfort or blisters from running.
I researched this initial concept and came across a few links which could be useful:
I quickly abandoned it, as it could be hard to make the presentation last a reasonable duration with this concept and brainstormed to think of a new one.
My later and final idea, was the concept of a global currency, which is something already under discussion by some of the key superpowers of todays world as talked about in this article in the Independent Business section on The demise of the dollar.
I was introduced to TED talks a little while back and have become continuously amazed and inspired by some of the talks which are given there, and are posted for all to watch. More TED Talks can be found at TED.com
All though not actually technology itself, TED Talks certainly talk about it and bring up some amazing concepts such as the ‘One Human Brain’ mentioned by Kevin Kelly and his talk about the next 5000 days of the web.
This talks about this concept of uniting the world, not on a monetary level, but a technological level and helped inspire a few ideas for this project. With this concept I was able to cover all of the key areas required for the brief. These included researching past and present technologies as well as similar technologies which may link in to our proposed idea.
I talked confidently about my proposed new global currency and presented a small Microsoft Power Point adding a few joking slides here and there to ease any feelings of being nervous I had.
I did well and produced distinction grade work All I have to do is maintain this level of standard in my continuing work. A small paper on the project can be found here along with all the reference material I came across through research.
Once again this is on Google Docs as are all my other papers; I will update this as soon as possible.
