![]() ![]() ![]() The Billions in Change film focuses on three practical inventions: He’s also got scientists in Michigan and Singapore delving into a remarkable substance called graphene, 100 times more conductive than copper - and thus very promising as a way to transfer and store huge amounts of energy, if only it could be tamed for practical use. Several practical inventions created by his 100-or-so engineers at Stage 2 are based on relatively simple technologies that have been around for decades, but adapted to be more compact, mobile or efficient. So what exactly is the “stuff” that Bhargava believes can impact billions of lives? Thematically, it’s similar to Slingshot, a longer 2014 documentary focused on inventor Dean Kamen’s work on a mobile water purification unit. “ If you have wealth, it’s a duty to help those who don’t.”īillions in Change is not a plea for money, but rather a call to action, urging people to tell friends, social networks, policy makers and elected officials that practical solutions to some of world’s most urgent problems are viable, ready for implementation and need to be prioritized. That takes doing,” he states at the start of the film. “Awareness doesn’t reduce pollution or grow food. Now that we’ve invented it, we can’t just keep it here in Farmington Hills.”īillions in Change was made by Film 45, a production company launched recently by Peter Berg - director of 2013 war movie Lone Survivor and 2004 sports flick Friday Night Lights - in partnership with TV/documentary producer Matthew Goldberg (CNN’s The Sixties).īhargava, 62, born in India and a metro Detroit resident since 1997, is the narrator and central figure in the film, which pegs his net worth at $4 billion and says he plans to give 99% of it to charity. It was time to say OK, we need to get it out there. “It’s the stuff everybody’s looking for - it’s the big stuff - water and electricity for billions of people. “My purpose is to announce that we’ve got this stuff,” Bhargava said last week after an advance peek at the 42-minute film. Now Bhargava is going public for the first time with work he’s been funding on inventions to alleviate global suffering by attacking problems in the areas of water purity, energy availability and health.īillions in Change, a new documentary film about Bhargava’s Stage 2 Innovations laboratory in Farmington Hills and a joint venture in Singapore, will be available for viewing Monday at A companion website, offers more information on Stage 2’s creations and provides users with resources and ideas to take action. ![]() Michigan billionaire Manoj Bhargava, founder of the 5-Hour Energy company, has already pledged to give away most of his wealth. ![]()
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