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Comment on T-shirts: “Plane crash survivor” et cetera by chris

chris — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:49:42 +0000

Another idea for one of these: “Hello Google Street View!”

Comment on The “what the heck is this” service by chris

chris — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:51:16 +0000

A refinement of this occurred to me. Perhaps it could ask that you select a category (”dogs”, “landmarks” etc) and then the web site would post to a Twitter account per category. Followers could try and identify the pictures in idle moments. Web site tracks good identifications and keeps score for Twitter users?

Comment on Landmark-identifying goggles by Bob Carpark

Bob Carpark — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:21:43 +0000

This already exists. Look at http://www.peaks-app.ch/
or point-de-vue.ch – both iphone apps.

I wanted to do this sort of thing on planes, as part of the inflight entertainment system. The customer would look out the window and there would be a little head-up-display thing on their window, that would show them the object (mountain, city) that they were looking at. The plane’s internal computers already know most of the details, and often display a flight status/location screen somewhere. This is just a natural progression from that.

Comment on The “what the heck is this” service by Bob Carpark

Bob Carpark — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:04:52 +0000

The oldest answer in the book: outsource to a callcentre in India. They can wikipedia or google whatever it is. Return details on the identified object surrounded by links to various google ads.
If the call centre can’t identify it then so oh dear how sad – it’s not as though the customer spent any money for the service.
The other option is like the website you suggest. Joe public can identify the tricky ones (somehow within 20 minutes though… Could you make it an hour?) I’m not sure what’s in it for Joe public though… maybe offer them eg a $1 itunes credit or something similar.

Comment on The “what the heck is this” service by Thib

Thib — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:09:48 +0000

This sounds like Shazam for life. For monetization, you can look at how they make money (by putting links to advertisers who sell what you asked to identify). As far as technical details… Whew!

Comment on Phone app: Wake me up before the train goes past my station by Will

Will — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:54:51 +0000

http://ncellphone.com/wake-me-shake-train-alarm-app-for-iphone

Comment on The mosquito pill by Phineas Campbell

Phineas Campbell — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:52:21 +0000

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Comment on Web site/phone app: How much money is this amount in history worth now? by sandra407

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Comment on Internal iPod dock for car stereo by Ted

Ted — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:51 +0000

Forgot to mention, the MSRP is $399 US, however I bought both of mine from Best Buy on sale for $129 US each. Also, the deck is very easy to install. I installed mine in 20 minutes.

Comment on Internal iPod dock for car stereo by Ted

Ted — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:29:07 +0000

A solution to this issue now exists. It is called the CA-IP500 and it is made by Fusion Car Audio. It is a single DIN car stereo that has an internal iPod dock. The unit comes with several “sleeves” that hold most current models of iPods, excluding iPhones. The sleeves plug into the front of the unit, behind the faceplate, and are easily removable for multiple iPod use. I bought two of these units, they work great.

See the below manufacturer website for details:
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