I like this, I'd find it there

WHAT DO I LIKE:
1. I'd like to do something where I could always learn something new.
- Travel [learn history / geography / cultures]
- Photography
- Reading Papers / implementing them
- Reading Blogs / Google Videos

2. Something that I feel that I can make a difference
- Semantic web / agents
- 3D Reconstruction
- President [MEA events / publicity]
- SEEK Teaching

3. Something where I could motivate others / teach others
- SEEK
- TA ship
4. Something where I find solutions to real problems
- planning a tour
- building an mp3 jack to plug in the iPod to the car system
- finding out a way to have the minimum trips to dispose garbage

All this with enough money so that I could pursue my interests and hobbies [travel / photography / etc ]

Where can I find all these ?
Working on Innovative / hard (not necessarily) and open ended projects
- Research Labs in Academic Institutes
- Open Source Projects
- (Google) Research Labs [Rich]

What do I do to get what I want.