Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Next New Thing
New Media has been a big break in communication. I think the next step is to take new media to the streets! A few years ago before the big boom in cell phones there were many pay phone booths. My idea would be to install "easy navigation" devices in the streets. Every several blocks would have one of these devices. These devices would. for a small fee let a user access it, it can give them tips of near by restaurants, nearby trains, movie theaters, stores or anything the area. These blocks can also include reviews of restaurants to help people decide what to eat. People can search for certain types of foods they would like and it would give results of recommended. This device would basically act as a guide. This would be really useful to tourists, or people that don't know the city to well.
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It sounds like you're talking about some sort of digital map. Like those maps that are located in malls to help people find the stores they need or to see what stores are in that mall. That would be convenient but I don't see that being cheaper. For now the city makes money from payphones and apparently the charge for calling 411 from my cell phone (I have Verizon) is $2.50!?!
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