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Your Idea: A Weapon that creates Peace

Let's face it; War is a business.

How, then, do we create a product of war, that doesn't hurt, maim, or kill, but rather does the opposite and heals, prevents, and stops conflict that a corporate company can patent and therefore make money from, keeping not only innocent people from being harmed, but also feeds the corporate companies' bottom line of keeping investors happy?!?

The idea is simple in effect, and promotes peace whilst still increasing worth.

I just have little idea on what the war product could be, so I'm crowd-sourcing from you, fellow TEDsters, to help build the perfect weapon: A weapon of peace.

Should it be just one weapon of peace, or, just as there are many weapons of war, perhaps there should be multiple weapons of peace that can each be patented by the companies listed here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_armament_manufacturers and allow such companies to make money from peace?

as always, I'm awaiting your thoughts.....

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  • Mayank Kalia

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    Dec 14 2012: a peaceful weapon is an oxymoron.the idea of creating something that will promote peace,& allow corporations to profit from it is an interesting one.but as soon as profit is introduced into the fold,various degrees of corruption can also seep in.
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      Dec 15 2012: basically i think that redefining what we think of the word 'weapon' can lead to redefining the the actual meaning of 'war.'

      you're right about corruption being possible, but as privacy is slowly becoming something of the past, more and more corruption is becoming exposed.

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