Have you ever visited a place or viewed a landmark, only to be left with unanswered questions about its history or purpose? Science Daily has published an article about an innovative combination of three of today’s modern technologies: satellite navigation localization services, advanced object recognition and relevant internet retrieved information; that may leave you with the satisfaction of being the know-it-all of the tourist world.

When coupled with your Cell Phone, this technology has the power to be your next personal tour guide.

How does it work? If you see something interesting while out walking for instance, you take a photograph with your mobile phone, select the item of interest with the cursor and in real time preprocessed information on the object selected is sent to your mobile phone.

“It could be a building, a mountain, a tree, plant or a special event such as a local festival,” explain Pechtl. “The amount of information you receive depends on you, if you want to know more you just click the ‘more button’ and you trigger a more detailed search responding to your profile of interest. Applications include tourism, education, remote healthcare, security, science, etc.”