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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Boomer Mashup idea

So here goes
While at PC Forum I saw demo of Riya - Photo Search

Neat product, but I shoot landscapes so doesn't apply to me

But then had this thought.
Sometimes (maybe often?) some of us have "senior moments" where we can't place a name on a face. Someone we met before, had some conversation or whatever, and even if they have a nametag, we don't place the connection.

What about tie to a device like this

Motorola Bluetooth headset.

Build in a "pinhole" camera, much like on the new Apple Powebooks on the mike boom
Scratch your ear (trigger the camera) and you likely have an iPod sized device in your pocket ... software searches the database of images and whispers in your ear who/where/when/why you know this person.

Just consider this to be a "wish list" item

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