The "Make it Happen" challenge.

Planto Is Venio.

That's Latin for "Make it Happen", the crowd-sourcing challenge to see if my big ideas can come to fruition thanks to the rich community of creatives, writers, artists, designers, inventors, scientists, architects, pharmacologists, techies, provocateurs, ethicists, military contractors, etc.

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OBJECTIVE:

Create an iphone or Android application that helps you identify and distinguish between various accents from all over the world.

We're living in a heady time of globalization, when more and more of us will come into contact with people from different parts of the world. We may think we recognize most accents, but we actually can't. How many of us truly can distinguish between an Australian and New Zealand accent? Who amongst us can detect the subtle dialectic differences between a Gujarati and a Rajasthani?

A well-designed mobile application that can identify all international accents as well as distinguish between regional and local ones is the simple yet clever answer to appearing more worldly and sophisticated. It can also help you avoid embarrassing situations or worse diplomatic incidents. Could you possibly imagine the insult when you mistake a Croatian for a Serb! Show me the man with a black eye and broken nose and I'll show you the man who mistook a Mancunian for a Scouser.

THOUGHT STARTERS:

  -  Check out the iphone application that identifies different bird species based on their sounds. The principal would be the same.

  -  Could there be a function that detects fake accents? There can be few things in life more satisfying than busting a phony.

MANDATORIES:

  -  This must be comprehensive. Accents from every part of the world must be covered*.

  -  Accents must be broken down to their national, regional and local origins. For example, Germany, Bavaria, Munich.

*  -  Accents from Cuba, North Korea, Iran or Scotland will not be recognized.

Good luck and make it happen, people!