Audiovisual Pictures
Why?
To help us remember what it felt like when we took the picture.
How?
When using the photo app on the phone, it is constantly recording the audio. When you take a picture, it is saved with the audio before and after the picture was taken. When you view the photo, you also hear the audio helping you have deeper immersion in the memory.
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A New Way to Guarantee Non Attribution and Message Expiration at the Same Time?
Why?
It’s obvious by the proliferation of systems to facilitate it (Snapchat, Cyberdust, etc.), that people are interested in having their communication protected by guaranteeing they are not permanent. There are two facets to it: 1. expire the message, and 2. do not have proof of who sent it. It’s good to have both even though one might be enough. The problem is with today’s systems: if you can see the message sent to you, you can record it by using another device like a camera and bypassing all of today’s “safety” mechanisms, and you end up having a record of what was sent and usually also by who.
How?
This is only good for text but might solve the problems above. The sender types in the text. The app converts the text to a sound file of the spoken text. The audio file is sent to the recipient. The recipient can only listen to the message, and it expires after a certain amount of time (even if not listened to.) Although another device can record the spoken text, it is a mechanical sound, and there is no way to identify who sent it. You do see who sent it in the app, but you don’t see the message itself since its a sound. This way you have no way of recording both who sent it and what they sent in one “snapshot,” you only have two separate pieces of information with no way to prove they are connected.
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Share Your Challenge
Why?
Get feedback, encouragement and inspire others.
How?
A website and app where you can create a challenge like “read for one hour each day,” or “take a cold shower every morning.” Explain why you are challenging yourself to do this. Your personal reasons, and theory or science behind it, etc. During the challenge, you’ll update it regularly with your thoughts, pictures, videos, etc. Others can find and follow your and others’ challenges and give encouragement.
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What Do People of a Certain Generation Photograph?
Why?
It might be interesting to see if there are any patterns or similarities in subject matter and style of pictures taken by people of similar age, and what these are.
How?
An app that crawls the social networks and gathers pictures of users that have their age available publicly. The app then creates an ever growing wall of pictures segmented by age groups.
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Share Your Analog Past With Your Friends
Why?
Just because the old pictures you find are prints and are not available digitally, doesn’t mean you can’t share them immediately with your friends.
How?
Simply take a picture of the printed picture and share with your friends on Facebook, or send by email. The objective is sharing and reminiscing, not the quality of the image. An app could also be created specifically for nostalgia picture between friends, but it might be redundant.
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