25 Ideas That Are Changing the World
25 Ideas That Are Changing the World
By Siri Agrell, Bert Archer, Denise Balkissoon, Ryan Bigge, Ariel Brewster, Sarah Liss, Jason McBride, Alec Scott, Courtney Shea, Jon Sufrin and Stéphanie Verge
A good measure of a happening city is its contribution to the world of ideas. A confluence of factors has recently made Toronto an innovation generator: a critical mass of crackerjack researchers at glistening, expanded hospitals, ambitious universities and tech start-ups; deep pools of money to fund the necessary years of experimentation that lead to glorious success; and no shortage of bombastic brainiacs. The following pages contain the Toronto-born ideas that impressed us most this year. While some of these innovations have profound implications for our health and social order, others solve no-less-terrifying conundrums, such as finding parking, kicking the Facebook habit and satisfying impatient cravings for a fresh-baked cookie. See the slideshow >>
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