I think there is an opportunity to help people who are going
out to the library and to coffee shops to know beforehand whether it is crowded
or not. I have experience multiple instances where me and my friends have traveled
to a coffee shop off campus and not been able to find seating. This has also
happened to me in the library. I spent time I could’ve used to study to walk
around the floors of the library and find a seat.
I believe there is an opportunity for an application to be
created to report how crowded a place is that someone can check before making
their way there. People could get points for letting the application know how
many seats are available. I am thinking the application could be similar to the
driving application Waze. If notifications are turned on, the application could
remind the user to update the business of the location.
I think the application should have to be bought to be able
for costumers to download it onto their phone. I think money could also be made
by selling advertisements to companies as the application becomes used more.
Hey Megan, I agree with you 100% that there is an opportunity of knowing whether a library/ coffee shops are crowded or not. Sometimes, I find myself not being able to either get a spot at Starbucks or having to navigate the many floors of the UF libraries to find a spot to study. Overall, the post was great and you could see the thought that went it too thinking about. Great Job!
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ReplyDeleteI love this idea. I think that this is a huge problem that would be interesting to solve. I think one solution could be making ‘smart’ libraries. These libraries could track how many people are inside of it, and then could show you a distribution of how many seats or tables are taken. For example, there could be a sensor on the table or a button one could push to notify that the table is taken. On a separate note, your point idea is a cool and fun way to get people to actively use the app you are thinking about creating. Good work considering the technological advances of the future.