Phind is a new smartphone app which enables users to search where they are simply by taking a photograph. Using image recognition technology, it draws on online images that relate to the user’s picture, and provides them with not only the place name, but an abundance of other relevant information. The app will give the searcher the name and history of the place, facts about the location and user reviews and tips. Users can also search for nearby restaurants, accessing menus and contact details within the app.

If  this model works, perhaps there are other ways to tap into the millions of photographs online,  to aid search in some way. Maybe you could take a photograph of a car you like for example,  and an app could be developed to pull up all the identical cars for sale in the area? It’s a bit beyond my technical know-how, something like that, but perhaps something for the tech minded to think about.

www.phind.it