Just to throw out the rest of my ideas for Iphone apps, what I'd really like to do is develop a way for blind people to build up a "map," of their area/environment and, using the Iphone's inertial guidance capacity (accelerometer, compass, tilt meeter, GPS when available, etc.) to Place," a blind person on this map. I've even thought about using RFID tags, if the Iphone can transceive at the right RF frequency, which a blind person could "mark," their environment with. This would allow the blind user to add various details to a larger map or build a separate one for inside buildings, etc., places where GPS doesn't reach yet. Another direction to take this would be the use of 3D sound and brief sonic cues to get a sense of where a person is. I haven't figured out yet whether the camera may be used to give additional cues, and all this depends upon the Iphone being held in a stable position, and I haven't even gotten into the SDK yet, so there's my brain storm, for what it's worth.
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