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Robert Wünsch, April 24, 2008 (updated on May 15, 2008)

Information at Hand

Summary:

We need a gadget that offers information about anything we point at. Here’s a solution.

Mac Funamizu has a very convincing idea of a gadget that enables you to get any information at the point of need. You just point at the object of your interest - may it be a street, a corridor, a flower or anything else - and you get the desired information. But read yourself: Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 and Example 4.

Although it has the flaw of being a gadget you need to carry around, it has the great benefit of being able to communicate information about things that cannot communicate for themselves (like stars or a flower that may be poisonous) or that require different information depending on your point of view (e.g. a look at a building and your way towards it).

  1. June 26, 2008

    Kooaba is a service that enables your mobile phone to give you the information you need. Read more about Kooaba’s Visual Mobile Search

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  2. June 26, 2008

    Total Immersion has a demo video of a mobile phone (FLV) that shows real-time information about things captured with its camera.

    Another demo video is available at YouTube: Augmented Reality for Mobile

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This is a place where I collect thoughts on gadgets, services and design that would simplify and improve daily life. Some ideas are new, some are already known. But none are completely realized, yet. Let these thoughts be an inspiration for everyone.

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