GPS to Widen The Human Gene Pool?

RobBrady

BlackLine GPS have announced their new service 'Blip' at the CTIA Wireless 2008 show. It is a free geo-social networking platform for GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphones that allows users to share their location amongst friends, family members, and colleagues.

Patrick Rousseau, President and Co-founder of BlackLine GPS says "Our Blip platform creates a 'Geo-Society' that enables users to share their location with the people they know". He added, "We are confident that consumers and businesses are ready to embrace this unique geo-social tool that unites social and business networks."

Many other companies are currently involved in creating innovative location based products. Alongside GPS, short-range network based Local Positioning Systems (LPS), such as Bluetooth, radio frequency identification (RFID), TV-GPS, promise seamless indoor–outdoor positioning allowing us to 'see' who is inside buildings and the outdoor urban canyons that GPS cannot cover.

Geo-aware systems will allow you to choose your social activities based on which of your tracked network is in which park, gym, shopping centre, restaurant, pub or club, etc. You'll also be able to track an en route friend who is running late.

Your tracked contacts may choose to advertise that they are currently single and open to approaches. Will they only choose to share their current relationship status with only a select few? The implications are that future generations may electronically reduce their chances of marriage to the wrong person. Perhaps less 'random' relationships will form leading to less divorce.

What is for sure is that more mobile dating will occur, the dating industry have embraced social networking with a passion. Will this lead to more marriage or, at least, less long-term singles? Will mutually swiping your NFC enabled phones be the new 'First Base', i.e. the prelude to the first kiss?

Something that Charles Darwin (pictured), the British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution, might have been interested in is real-time, instant location based dating. Finding possible partners that don't necessarily live in your area, but are being tracked using GPS technology as 'available' and passing through, presents more opportunities and could lead to a widening of the gene pool.

At present, it's natural to seek someone that lives close to you, but with human nature as it is, extra opportunities are often welcomed.
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mikealder · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:18 am Post subject:

Rob, its a good job you didn't post that yesterday Mr. Green

How the heck a GPS equipped phone can lead to less marriages ending up in divorce is beyond me - Mike

DennisN · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject:

I was going to tell him he'd got his date wrong!! Then I realised he probably arranged it by GPS.
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GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

I know that this thread is connected to I know where you are and what you're doing! also by Rob, with a comment referring to this topic, but if this is the future I don't like it!
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RobBrady · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

Those with already 'always connected' teen kids will already recognise (or not!) the signs Shocked

Come on guys, let's have a few predictions from you which unusual paths you think LBS is going to lead us down - as it surely will.
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robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

Maybe this is a prelude to Gattaca rather then first base. All we need now is DNA analisys in our cells phones - "I know your single, in my town and your genes are good, lets do it..."

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DennisN · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:

Uh Oh - watch your back - here come Bo-Peep and Anita (driving something very big and heavy). Stop it!

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GPS_fan · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject:

Why? There's nothing that says males can't be blonde, is there?

...and there are a lot of men who have 'blonde moments', so there were no sexist undertones intended in my previous post.
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