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Friend-Finding Beacons

The FindR Communicator Makes Organizing Impromptu Group Events Easier

— December 31, 2011 — Lifestyle
Organizing group hangouts could be as easy as just showing up somewhere with a small beacon in your pocket if the FindR Communicator ever goes from concept to reality. The FindR Communicator was created by Oskar Santamaria for Nokia and is designed to get friends to meet up somewhere other than online.

The FindR Communicator is simple and easy to use; simply create a group with all of your friends and input it into the communicator. The communicator comes with small beacons that each friend can put around their keychains or in their pockets. When two or more friends are together, their beacons will send their location to the other people in the group. The location is projected from the beacon and the individual receiving it can decide whether to join in on the fun or abstain.
Trend Themes
1. Group Hangout - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop an app or device that simplifies organizing and coordinating impromptu group events for friends.
2. Location Beacon - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a compact and user-friendly location beacon system that allows friends to easily find each other during meetups.
3. Real-time Connectivity - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design a platform that enables real-time connectivity between friends, allowing them to interact and coordinate without relying on online communication.
Industry Implications
1. Social Networking - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate location-based features and functionalities into social networking platforms to enhance spontaneous get-togethers and group hangouts among friends.
2. Mobile Technology - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop advanced mobile technologies that facilitate seamless and automatic location sharing among a group of friends.
3. Event Planning - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create event planning tools or apps that prioritize real-time location updates to facilitate dynamic and spontaneous group events.
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