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Here's an idea I think is great: a search engine that gives a lot of weight to Webpages that people say are relevant to what they're searching for. If the user finds what he or she is looking for, he or she can tell the search engine so with the click of a button.

Here's another one: a program that can interpret text as a human would. So it could deduce information about dogs from the following passage: "The dog (canis) is an animal of family X. This animal is usually domestic. The average height is 4 '," or "This animal, averaging 4' in height, belongs to family X and is usually domestic."

It could list this information like this:
The dog
-belongs to family X.
-is usually found in homes
-has an average height of 4 inches.

Google has a large index, but for reasons known only to Google, its "best guess" feature only works for certain queries, even if the same question's been asked and answered on places like Yahoo! Answers.

OK, yet another idea: a computer program that can use a set of data to make mathematical models that could be used as forecasts. For example, I could have that program analyze stock data and give me a forecast.