Software etc.

This idea dates from 2007 when I was strolling around Paris and is very simple: Free, guided tours of cities on your smartphone. dictate a lot of wikipedia entries on building, statues, parks etc. mark the entries with gps map public transportation routes find corresponding wikipedia entries along the way get on a bus, open the application, enter the number of the route sit back, watch out the window and learn about everything you pass by In 2011 I was reminded of this idea by some apps that were actually developed. Wiki Talking Tours for instance. In 2007 I was thinking about this for a couple of weeks, but the project was simply too big. It's essential parts were non-existent so everything needed to be done from scratch. It is very promising to see that all these basic parts: the device itself (smartphone), a map interface (Google maps), spoken wikipedia entries ( Spoken Wikipedia ), transportation routes (Google transit), have all come forward in the last couple of ye...

This idea is from early 2008. I'm a man and am not too fond of shopping for groceries etc, I can't seem to find my way in supermarkets. I feel like this mouse: Compared to me, my wife finds exactly what she needs like lightning: I admit, it's a deficiency, and with time and energy I could probably get a little better at it, but finding all items on the groceries list in supermarkets is certainly not one of my talents. Stereotypes dictate that women feel the same about navigation in cars. For the benefit of these women (and in reality for most men as well) we have invented personal navigation devices (PND's). Enter your destination, follow some simple steps, arrive. Unless you are on a road-trip, it's getting to the destination that matters, the journey itself does not. One navigation problem down, one too go, I still can't find my way in supermarkets. I was craving for an ancient grocery store where I could tell the clerk: Good sir, I need dinner bu...