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Based on your comment and your username, you must be in bed, drunk and surfing the internet! :-)

Here's an idea for a simple app that prevents you from phoning / texting your ex when you're drunk in bed. You have to (previous to being drunk) mark all of your contacts that you aren't supposed to contact when drunk and give reasons. Use the acceleromter to test if the user is able to stand up straight. If not then block certain outgoing calls / texts.

Then place ads in bars that say, "Don't drunk text your ex tonight. Download the app... DTP (Drunk Text Protector)". Hint: You can charge a little extra for the app because the user is probably part drunk anyway. ;-)

So, as the user, you get drunk and get home and text your ex 'Anna' and the app says:

  Your message to Anna was blocked. You previously told me that she 
  was "some crazy bitch who slept with your best friend".

  If you really want to text Anna, then you can use one of your "go on
  be a dumb ass" credits to bypass this drunk text lock.

  You currently have [0] credits. Click here to purchase some now.
If you really want to text Anna then you can, but you have to buy a "I'm an idiot" credit pack as an in-app purchase, which gives you a number of credits to text / phone people you shouldn't.

Profit!



Use the acceleromter to test if the user is able to stand up straight.

Riding on the bus/train can cause a lot of wobbling around. How well can an accelerometer-based system distinguish this from drunkenness?


It doesn't. That is a bonus feature for all the other people on the bus.


even worse, drunk people on a bus might hit the perfect storm where the swaying cancels out and lets them through!

this feature request reminds me of my old (loved) email client that detected drunk emails and quietly filed them for sober review


This app was also featured in the movie "The Internship" (starring Google and Sergey Brin on a bike).


have you seen HBO's Girls? A character creates this app and starts a hip NYC startup


I haven't seen it.

It just goes to show you that the success of an app is all in the execution. Ideas mean (nearly) nothing. ;-)


lmfao




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