Group Brainstorm

From MobileActive Wiki

Mobile Wishlist: What Do You Want to Do With Your Mobile That Would Make the World a Better Place?

• mobile as locator
  • easier navigation
  • finding people after disasters
  • refugee camps
  • GPS locator
  • image scanning
  • visual aid -- guidance from audio directory and prompts

• publish to a database and backup digital files

• matchmaking

• projection (e.g. to a laptop)

• bigger screen and recorder to broadcast

• real time translation

• fast compression of mobile files

• video conferencing tool/ camera app

• night vision for low-light video and audio, zoom

• plug-in antenna, repeater

• secure communication/settings for more privacy

• e-gov: public services, direct alerts, report problems with utilities

• usability: elderly people

• voice recognition and dictation

• device/apps for literary training
  • language learning tool

• shared device -- group-based uses (info, access, etc.)

• people with disabilities (deaf, etc.)

• apps for therapy -- speech therapy

• "just in time" knowledge
  • consumer info (energy rating, fair trade)

• "one mobile per child"

• m-learning

• product info/ online marketplace

• m-transparency

• sensors
  • weather
  • pollution
  • climate change map

• magnet to locate your keys and phone

• point of service: track sales, inventory, cost, payments, cash register

• storage/flash/printing