!Cellphedia

!Cellphedia is a thesis project created by Limor Garcia - a graduate student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU.

It's a cell phone application that promotes the sharing of knowledge. It allows to send and receive encyclopedia-type inquiries between specific, pre-defined groups of users, through Text messaging.

Users can register on this site and start building the quick-reference Cellphedia-type encyclopedia entries, by asking other users and answering other users' questions where-ever cell phone service is available. It's 'The first ubiquitous social encyclopedia'.

"Cellphedia will be the new way to get encyclopedia type information on the run. After creating a profile, a user will be able to get all the information they need – from “how old is the queen of England?” to “how many miles is the Brooklyn Bridge?” – while they're walking in the street.

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