What do we contribue???

Arvind Thiagarajan, an Indian, who is not known to many till today, but who knows he will be known to millions atleast after few years.
Its an article in rediff.
Arvind Thiagarajan has come up with an algorithm to compress images. The compression ratio is almost 35 times and moreover it is lossless. He has worked on something called bit plane method. If this algorithm proves good we soon might have a new image compression format. He has also worked on many other innovations. More details click here

Now coming on to the other side aren't we really capable of such things. It is not that we aren't. Everybody gets spark on so many things. It is just a matter of realizing that the 'spark' can be used for igniting an innovative idea. Once we realize we will have to capitalize and build on it. Sounds very simple! right. But how many of us do that. Personally sometimes I get so many idea which didn't build on..and now I don't even remember them. Still wondering why most of us don't realize, capitalize and build on our own simple ideas.