I should preface this by saying that if I had the technical knowledge or testing budget...I'd be using them before posting this...
I was climbing into the shower this morning, and I noticed a spider on the side of the bathtub wall (The spider died because the condensation made it lose it's grip. >.<). This make me think "You know, it would really be neat if they made a real life PokéDex. All you would do is have to point it at the animal, and voilá! Information is displayed in the palm of your hand about the species. It could even go so far as to keep a record of a species that's not found in the database, and then sync up to a server, sending where and when you were when you saw the species, as well as a picture of what you saw. I think there could be some serious science done at a very grassroots level with this baby.
What would be even more impressive is combining this device with a long range life scanner, much like a tricorder from Star Trek. There could be versions of the tricorder that send out signals themselves, and those that send information to and receive information from an orbiting satellite network (sort of like GPS).
Heck, maybe they could even develop this technology for a new Mars mission (or wherever they plan to travel) and use it to analyze the rocks right where they land, saving a need to return to Earth!
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