--- title: Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 14 description: Boko Haram's rising lethality, massive indoor farms, a real-life Iron Man for the Navy, urgent-cares in malls and dead-simple food labels. canonical: https://time.com/3666992/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-14/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-14T17:01:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:06:13.804Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas og:description: Boko Haram's rising lethality, massive indoor farms, a real-life Iron Man for the Navy, urgent-cares in malls and dead-simple food labels og:url: https://time.com/3666992/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-14/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas twitter:description: Boko Haram's rising lethality, massive indoor farms, a real-life Iron Man for the Navy, urgent-cares in malls and dead-simple food labels twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 14 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 14, 2015 5:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 14, 2015 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Boko Haram’s lethality is surging. The global public must take note and demand action from world leaders.**](http://mic.com/articles/108328/one-chart-shows-why-the-world-should-care-about-boko-haram "undefined") By Sophie Kleeman in Mic **2\.** [**Simple stop-and-go labels could train people to eat healthier.**](http://civileats.com/2015/01/07/stop-n-go-can-traffic-light-labels-help-us-eat-better/ "undefined") By Tove Danovich in Civil Eats **3\.** [**Massive indoor farms use vastly less power and water than outdoor fields and could help address global food insecurity.**](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140717-japan-largest-indoor-plant-factory-food/ "undefined") By Gloria Dickie in National Geographic **4\.** [**Military exoskeletons are becoming a reality, just not necessarily for combat.**](http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/01/very-real-future-iron-man-suits-navy/102630/ "undefined") By Patrick Tucker in Defense One **5\.** [**As U.S. retail transforms, urgent-care clinics are taking over mall real estate to meet growing demand.**](http://origin-www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-08/medical-clinics-take-over-malls-empty-spaces#r=rss "undefined") By Doni Bloomfield in Bloomberg Businessweek  [_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/3666992/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-14/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3666992/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-14/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 14","datePublished":"2015-01-14T17:01:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:13.804Z","description":"Boko Haram's rising lethality, massive indoor farms, a real-life Iron Man for the Navy, urgent-cares in malls and dead-simple food labels.","url":"https://time.com/3666992/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-14/","keywords":["Innovation","Navy","Media","Terrorism","Nigeria","Leadership","Boko Haram"],"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/3666992/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-14/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 14"}}]}] ```