The innovators: Lots more info, that's the point
Source: NZ Herald
Reaper: Point and click information what next?
You're gazing up at Auckland's Sky Tower, wondering just how tall it really is. If wireless technology company Geovector has its way, you'll simply point your mobile phone or handheld computer at Auckland's best-known landmark and use GPS (global positioning system) to find out its location and anything else you want to know - from how much a Sky Jump bungy costs to what's on the menu at the tower's revolving restaurant.
That's the theory behind "pointing" technology the San Francisco-based company is developing in research labs in Auckland and Christchurch.
Financially backed by a string of high-profile Silicon Valley executives and headed by John Ellenby, one of the architects of the Tablet PC concept, Geovector is using the "point and click" idea behind the computer mouse to give roving consumers detailed information about their surroundings.
