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Name: Russell Grokett

From: Florida

Bio: My first web site born 3 months after NCSA & Mosaic 1.0 software.

Area of Expertise: Technology Developer/Administrator

Topic: Communication

Headline: GooglePhone

Nutshell: Hello phone, how many countries are there in the World, today?

Vision:

"There are 268 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries today."

Marriage of Google, graphics & text, speech recognition, text-to-speech, AI learning agent, Geolocation, all into a wireless package (aka the cellphone) would provide instant information resource, second only to a direct Mind-to-Web interface.

Point your phone’s camera at a Chinese railroad station sign, and ask "When does the next train to Shanghai leave from this station?" Or "Translate to chinese; What is this?" and hold them the phone. "EAT EAT, GOOD STUFF!" it translates back.

And of course, its fuel cell-powered. "Excuse me, but my power is running low. There is a methanol store down the block."

Date Submitted: November 10, 2004

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