Even today billions of people world wide do not have access to quality toilet systems. To fix this Bill Gates awarded eight grants to groups from different countries with hopes of revolutionizing the modern toilet. One of the goals would be to make the new toilets run for less than five cents a day.

I think this is great. It's sad that in today's society so many people go without the things we take for granted everyday. quality sanitation is a massive step towards bringing our world into the next technological era I feel. Think of how many ideas that could lead to technological advances never see the light of day because the people who thought of them live in a part of the world where it's impossible for them to share their ideas?

Read an article here.