Here are a few different concepts I might explore for my Mobile Media final project:
1. QR Code Reader/Writer: To compliment the Manhattan QR Code tour I’m creating for 1′2′10′, I’d like to create a QR code reader using Mobile Processing. This branded reader would be used to decode QR codes and also have functionality to remember previously scan codes, share codes with others and view URLs using the mobile web.
2. Mobile Magic 8 Ball: I know that some of these already exist, but I wanted to create one with my own humor. It might be fun to build a MySQL database and when someone texts in a question, it responds using the first two words of the question as indicators for what type of question it is and then responds accordingly.
3. Mobile Social Game for ITP: Last year’s Social Genius was a tremendous success. If you were to combine that game with something along the lines of Foursquare, it could be pretty compelling. Imagine having different badges for different ITP community accomplishments, like “soldered first wires,” “completed Applications presentation,” etc.
4. Sustaina-texts: For me, one of the frustrating parts of trying to act in a sustainable manner is that I rarely get feedback on how my actions affect the environment. What would be great is if I could view some statistics on my mobile phone usage compiled with a bit of humor: “134 texts sent this week. By using your phone instead of paper, you saved 12 trees!” or something like that.
5. Representat-text: I would like to be able to send a text message with my area code to a certain number and receive a bunch of information about my district, including the contact information for my representatives and any additional local news scraped from their site.
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