terça-feira, 28 de julho de 2009

Future of Internet Search: Mobile version

Future of Internet Search: Mobile version

Mobile version

(Followed by a previous post “Future of Internet Search“)
This is what I wish the internet search will be able to do with a mobile device in the NEAR future. Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search… all in one device. Like this way, when you can see a building through it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot.


Mobile version

Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building.
Well, it doesn’t have to be a building, but it can be any object you see. You can use it when you want to know a car model, an insect name, what kind of food is served at a restaurant and how much, who built a bridge, etc. etc. But as a designer myself, I hope it’s able to tell me a name of a font of the type I see, the size, color (in RGB), and so on.


Mobile version

It’s got a scanner built in, so you can use it this way when you want to check the meaning of a word in the newspaper, book, magazine, etc.


Mobile version

It would be much easier to read a real book. You can use the dictionary, wikipedia, thesaurus and anything else available on the web. What do you think?

 

Future of Mobile Internet Search: Applications

 

I think the following ideas should enhance the functionality of the device I introduced. Many applications like these will be developed that have never been possible.

Applications

Indoor guide
Works in a building, airport, station, hospital, etc.

Applications

Automatic simultaneous translation

Applications

Search keyword
Helpful when you want to find out a word from a lot of text

Look at What You Don’t See Through Glass

 

Here are some more examples of how you might be able to use the device I introduced before.

(”Future of Internet Search: Mobile version” and “Future of Mobile Internet Search: Applications“.)


future search mobile #3-1

future search mobile #3-2

You can even see flowers that are not actually blooming.
There are a lot more ideas drawn in my Moleskine, so I’ll introduce them later.

Future of Mobile Search for Diet

 

future mobile search for diet

future mobile search for diet

Mainly because I don’t usually care about nutrition when I eat, this kind of function would be helpful for people like me.

Future of Mobile Search- Search Beyond Time

 

This is the fifth post about this gadget.

future mobile search
Getting data of a weather forecast, maybe this might be possible.
future mobile search
When you wonder what the scene you’re looking at was like in the past, you can see it.

future mobile search
This might be off-topic, but it would be nice if it could work in sync with Google Maps like this.

Future of Mobile Search- Power of Visualization

 

future of mobile search6
Visual aid for any book. It means any book can be a picture book.

future of mobile search6


If it could be wirelessly in sync with your mobile phone or other mobile devices, visualized data exchange could be done like Microsoft Surface, but with this device, you wouldn’t have to stick with 2D.

Looking Glass

Also visit other posts of this gadget.

Future of Mobile Search: Virtual Shopping #1

 

future mobile search

future mobile search

I’m pretty sure companies like Ikea would quickly start to use this device this way if it became really available.

Speech Balloons for the Hearing-Impaired

 

Speech balloons in comic books show very well how the characters speak. If we could instantly visualize how people speak, wouldn’t it be nice for the hearing-impaired? It means they can SEE our voices.

Speech balloons for hearing-impaired
Stressed words are rendered larger than those spoken less loudly.

Speech balloons for hearing-impaired
Arrows of the balloons show from where it’s spoken (of course).

Speech balloons for hearing-impaired
A scream is shown in a balloon with jags.

Speech balloons for hearing-impaired
Imitation sounds are also rendered, but with other colors than spoken words.

Speech balloons for hearing-impaired
When spoken to from out of the screen, it shows the words with the direction the voice is from.

Speech balloons for hearing-impaired
A pair of glasses with the same functions could replace the device if we could figure out a good way not to block visual informati

Looking Glass for iPhone

iPhone with Looking Glass
iPhone with Looking Glass

Minority Report-like data exchange like this?

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