To the list of Cool Ways To Use Your Digital Camera Or Camera Phone one can now add “Obtain answers to the primal questions of life,” such as
Uploading a photo of the flora in question to PicaAnswers.com, one is rewarded with the answer,
Unlike most brand name answer sites which allow only text-based questions or, like Yahoo Answers, require an extra set of steps to use a photo, PicaAnswers.com and at least one other site, Yedda, focus on questions and answers based on uploaded photos.
In addition to the identify this queries (”What kind of fish is this?” What is the name of this flower?), users of PicaAnswers.com, which appears to have been opened only eight days ago, have already found some creative ways of using the site, which depends on other site visitors for answers, to find help that would be difficult or expensive to obtain otherwise. For example,
- Can someone link me a web site that has cool looking pots like this, seen this one in Disney World?
- My son washed my car and used the abrasive side of the sponge and left these scratch marks. My question is can these be polished or buffed out easily?
- [I] would like to know if this contractor is installing this window right/
- [I've] got a contractor working on my home here. He’s putting on Tyvek, but it seems loose and sloppily put on. What do you think?
Currently, site members contributing correct answers receive nothing but the satisfaction of helping a fellow human being. It seems likely that at some point, a means of acknowledging useful answers, such as the points and levels Yahoo Answers awards will be added to the mix.
It certainly seems a site worth bookmarking for future use.
