--- description: Dysfunctional Congressional oversight, medical uses of 3D printers, the decline of print news, small victories in Hong Kong, and more title: These Are Today's Best Ideas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 3 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**With 3D printing, prosthetic technology is poised to change millions of lives.**](http://mic.com/articles/100350/this-adorable-girl-s-amazing-story-shows-the-real-promise-of-3-d-printing "undefined") By Tom McKay in Mic **2\.** [**Dysfunctional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security undermines its mission.**](http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/219523-dysfunctional-oversight-undermines-security "undefined") By Daniel Kaniewski in The Hill **3\.** [**The web isn’t killing newspapers. Print readership has been in decline for 20 years.**](http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/October-2014/Maybe-the-Internet-Isnt-Killing-Newspapers-After-All/ "undefined") By Whet Moser in Chicago Magazine **4\.** [**Skyrocketing drug traffic has deeply affected life on Indian reservations at the US-Mexico border.**](http://wilsonquarterly.com/stories/forgotten-front-in-drug-border-fights-tribal-reservations/ "undefined") By Shannon Mizzi in Wilson Quarterly **5\.** [**With Chinese elites joining the movement, the protests in Hong Kong could yield a partial win.**](http://www.vox.com/2014/10/2/6883313/hong-kong-protest-win "undefined") By Zack Beauchamp in Vox  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3461214/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3461214/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-3/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 3","datePublished":"2014-10-03T16:01:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:33.978Z","description":"Dysfunctional Congressional oversight, medical uses of 3D printers, the decline of print news, small victories in Hong Kong, and more","url":"https://time.com/3461214/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-3/","keywords":["Innovation","medicine","Congress","victory","Drugs","protest","Hong Kong topic","U.S.","Mexico","Journalism","Department of Homeland Security","newspaper"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3461214/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-3/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 3"}}]}] ```