Here's a show Dragon's Den in Canada.
Inventors pitch their idea to investors and if they like it the inventor gets hundreds of thousands of dollars and a contract on the spot. There have
been some really intersting ideas.
Someone once told me that finding a way to make chlorine safe to the human body w/out losing its properties would effectively cure AIDS. I'd probably
have to look into that. Also, love the idea of losing the need to sleep.