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GOOD LOOK: Gunshot Detection The ability to locate a shooting quickly can help police catch bad guys and save lives. In Richmond, California, acoustic gunfire detection is doing just that. With acoustic sensors distributed around the city, dispatchers ...

GOOD LOOK: Green Jobs Buildings are actually responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than cars. But simply weatherizing houses and businesses can reduce their environmental impact and lower energy bills. That's why organizations such as the ...

GOOD Transparency Cities: Emerging City Innovation Since 2007, most of the world's population lives in cities. How can we make sure these urban centers are good homes for humanity? Cities from Bogota and Rio de Janeiro to Seoul are leading the way, ...

GOOD LOOK: EXO Reaction Housing In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became obvious that America was frustratingly ill-prepared to house people displaced by a natural disaster. Michael mcdaniel took this as a design challenge. His Exo housing ...

GOOD Transparency: Water Conservation Thirsty? So is everyone else. We're headed for a water shortage. Here's how simple daily choices can reduce your water use. A GOOD Transparency video. Direction and Design by Fogelson-Lubliner Music by Dim ...

GOOD Inventions: Sleep Running by Justin Garcia www.good.is/shows/inventions Exercise and sleep. We need them both, but it's hard to find the time. What if we could just go for a jog and get a nap at the same time? A GOOD Inventions video. Directed ...

GOOD Inventions: Love Drug by John McWhorter Some truly terrible people end up getting treated really well just because they are, quote-unquote, attractive. Its unfair, and linguist John mcwhorter's new love drug would fix that situation. A GOOD ...

GOOD Inventions: KtD 3000 by Nick Kroll www.good.is/shows/inventions For our Inventions series, Nick Kroll wants to create the ktd 3000, a modified Toyota Tercel that can turn cats into dogs. Why? Put it this way: When was the last time you saw a cat ...

GOOD Inventions: The Love Virus www.good.is/shows/inventions Do you ever get the feeling that some world leaders and captains of industry are simply suffering from an empathy deficit? Majora Carter, the environmental justice advocate and founder of ...

GOOD: Auriga Leader www.good.is/ecosystem Hybrid cars are great, but they're often delivered on cargo ships and trucks that use the same old fossil fuels. We need to find better kinds of bulk transportation. The Auriga Leader is showing the way. ...

GOOD Inventions: Spray It Ain't So! www.good.is/shows/inventions On tour with her band Morningwood, Chantal Claret often has to find dinner on the road...at 3 am after a show. And, thanks to Morgan Spurlock, we all know what a steady diet of fast ...

GOOD: Algae Life www.good.is/ecosystem Oil is an expensive resource that is rapidly becoming harder to find. Eventually, we are going to have to find a new renewable fuel source to replace it. These scientists think they already have—algae. ...

GOOD: Algae Life www.good.is/ecosystem Oil is an expensive resource that is rapidly becoming harder to find. Eventually, we are going to have to find a new renewable fuel source to replace it. These scientists think they already have—algae. ...

GOOD Inventions: Brain-Sharing www.good.is/shows/inventions As a cutting-edge video artist, Lincoln Schatz is familiar with the different ways in which we perceive the world. It is no surprise, then, that for our Inventions series, Schatz should invent ...

GOOD Inventions: Brain-Sharing www.good.is/shows/inventions As a cutting-edge video artist, Lincoln Schatz is familiar with the different ways in which we perceive the world. It is no surprise, then, that for our Inventions series, Schatz should invent ...

GOOD Inventions: Anti-Noise www.good.is/shows/inventions Tomlinson Holman knows a thing or two about sound. He created the THX standard for sound systems (THX actually stands for Tomlinson Holman's experiment). For our Inventions series he has a new ...

GOOD Inventions: Anti-Noise www.good.is/shows/inventions Tomlinson Holman knows a thing or two about sound. He created the THX standard for sound systems (THX actually stands for Tomlinson Holman's experiment). For our Inventions series he has a new ...

GOOD Inventions: The Backflip Shoe by Nick Thune www.good.is/shows/inventions You may not think about it all the time, but somewhere, in the back of your mind, you wish you could do a backflip. With Nick Thune's invention, you can. And so can anyone ...

GOOD Inventions: The Backflip Shoe by Nick Thune www.good.is/shows/inventions You may not think about it all the time, but somewhere, in the back of your mind, you wish you could do a backflip. With Nick Thune's invention, you can. And so can anyone ...