Related Mobile Offerings as of 2007
> 411/311/911 services
> GPS
> Wave and particulate detectors/sensors of all kinds
> Devices with net access & instant messaging
> FriendsTribe & Dodgeball mobile social networking experiments which I found completely un-useful but conceptually interesting
> Google's SMS 466453 service
> Google maps for mobile (excellent use for NYC if Net connection is decent)
> Interesting from an installation viewpoint of a fortune 500 company, Wells Fargo and their automated teller machine (ATM) in Antarctica for a tiny population of 1,000 in the summer and 250 in the winter
http://antarctica.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=536237414&fp=4&fpid=5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine
> Don't leave out the ever-advanced military grade mobile hardware
> GeoVector's "3D search technology"
> Yellow Arrow Project (Massive Authored Artistic Publication/MAAP)
> Urban gaming w/mobile devices
Imagine the possible outcomes >> GPS for Googlemaps mobile (which is available) + "3D search" by GeoVector + tagging & accessing tagged locations = Growth of mobile virtual library & mapping of experience, mobile-digital-democratic-governance |