This is a basic one, but I think extremely intriguing. The idea behind this post, is that I am hoping that some programmer or entrepreneur will take this idea and run with it. Meanwhile, my ultimate goal of wanting to see an increase of criminals and terrorists being captured would be the best outcome of all, along with people making money off of the concept.
You can thank me later, if someone does take the ball and runs with it. Or maybe some whiz kid has already produced something like this? Nothing has come up on my PMC 2.0 radar that would indicate this, but if you do know of a similar concept, I would like to hear about it.
So lets get this started. This concept is really pretty simple. Everyone owns or will own a smart phone with GPS capability. That is an inevitability in my opinion, and the trends in mobile phone technology and availability points to this. They will actually be free with service plans, and you are already seeing this with some of the older smart phones.
If everyone owned a smart phone with this GPS capability, then you could very well introduce a type of bounty hunter mobile application, which would connect folks who are looking for something or someone with the folks that are currently signed on with the BH application as hunters. And what would really make it a ‘bounty’ hunter tool, is if those individuals looking for whatever, offered a reward.
The way I see this working, is that you download the program onto your phone for free or for a small fee, and have the option to participate in the program or not, based on your personal preference . Just turn on the button that puts you into hunt mode. You can either participate as a bounty hunter, or you could be the guy or gal offering the reward. It could be individuals, police departments, organizations, schools, telecom companies, computer companies, countries, it doesn’t matter. The application is open to the world, and they can sign up and play, all with intent of connecting folks for a common goal and creating an industry out of it.