Human Creativity

These two projects show what happens when motivation and incentives are aligned:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program

Various engineering competitions

 * https://prize.supplyframe.com/ (hackaday)
 * http://hackyracers.co.uk/
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_racing
 * SmarterEveryDay: https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2
 * Mark Rober: https://www.youtube.com/user/onemeeeliondollars
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjJtO51ykY - derby car
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7zWwo9dbiU - mouse trap
 * https://js13kgames.com/ and probably dozen other computer challenges
 * no f••king way, marble machine LOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromouse
 * Table tennis robot: https://twitter.com/ladbible/status/1124901534792159235
 * Chat via CSS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19852105
 * MegaBots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ouLX8Q9UM
 * Robot Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)