HN: Name a problem, any problem, you'd like to see someone solve • Hacker News Board

Re: HN: Name a problem, any problem, you'd like to see someone solve

#91

Post by summerdown2 » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 7:16 PM UTC

the_watcher wrote: post #11

When I'm in the grocery store, looking for an obscure item (cheese cloth is the one that made me think of this). Build me a mobile app to search and get info on where in the store the item is.

It is, of course, to the advantage of the store that you don't go directly to the one item you want. A lot of research goes into how customers wander through stores, and how to sell to them in that time.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5702...

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1293.pdf

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/19990402c.asp

Re: HN: Name a problem, any problem, you'd like to see someone solve

#92

Post by dtromero » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 8:11 PM UTC

bradleyland wrote: post #79

Music genome project for food. There should be a restaurant genome project where restaraunts and food types are linked in a way similar to how the music genome projects works. That data should be available through an API, which others can incorporate in to their foodie apps. Speaking of foodie apps, I travel a lot, and while apps like AroundMe are great, they have limited utility when I'm in central Georgia, driving…

To piggy back off the restaurant genome project idea, it would be great if food allergies and restrictions were incorporated as well. My girlfriend is gluten free so we don't often eat out (or explore) because most restaurants can't accommodate her needs.

Re: HN: Name a problem, any problem, you'd like to see someone solve

#93

Post by terra3110 » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 5:34 PM UTC

true_religion wrote: post #68

terra3110 wrote: post #66

The major challenge for any photobook creation is the following: An user has for example 100 images from vacation. Some choose nearly the same object, if this is he case some will be better than others (sharpness, contrast, and so on). For an automatic creation process of a photobook without the need for the user to "choose" images it is necessary, to identify images with similar objects. Some attributes can be Locat…

There's a guy who's working in this area on HN. I believe his web app is called Inapic.com

Thanks, seems to be the right think.