--- description: Nurses helping low-income new moms, Google's build-your-own-smartphone, why the belief in "brilliance" keeps women out of science, 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: January 16 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 5:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**A simple plan pairing a low-income first-time mom with a nurse for advice through pregnancy and her child’s early years can give that family stability and even a better life.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/how-nurses-can-help-low-income-mothers/384485/ "undefined") By Nancy Cook in the Atlantic **2\.** [**Google will pilot test a build-your-own modular smartphone, operating out of a mobile phone-lab that looks like a food truck.**](http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/14/7546021/googles-modular-project-ara-smartphone-will-begin-pilot-testing-in "undefined") By Nathan Ingraham and Josh Lowensohn in the Verge **3\.** [**The belief that some scientific fields require innate genius or natural ‘brilliance’ may keep women out.**](http://news.sciencemag.org/education/2015/01/belief-some-fields-require-brilliance-may-keep-women-out "undefined") By Rachel Bernstein in Science Magazine **4\.** [**The FDA has cleared a ‘pacemaker for the stomach’ that could be a silver bullet against obesity.**](http://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-approves-new-obesity-device-1421276434 "undefined") By Thomas M. Burton in the Wall Street Journal **5\.** [**Offshore wind farms — if we can build them — stand to provide twice as much energy and create twice as many jobs as offshore drilling.**](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/14/report%5Foffshore%5Fwind%5Fholds%5Ftwice%5Fthe%5Fpromise%5Fof%5Foffshore%5Fdrilling/ "undefined") By Lindsay Abrams in Salon  [_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/3671634/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-16/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3671634/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-16/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 16","datePublished":"2015-01-16T17:01:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:10.222Z","description":"Nurses helping low-income new moms, Google's build-your-own-smartphone, why the belief in \"brilliance\" keeps women out of science, and more.","url":"https://time.com/3671634/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-16/","keywords":["Innovation","women","Google","Babies","low-income","poverty","poor","Oil","Science topic","Obesity","weight","health","Moms","wind","smartphone","drilling","genius","nurses"],"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/3671634/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-16/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 16"}}]}] ```