Last fall I developed software that allows anyone to identify selected wasps over the Web. My lab has tested it and are fairly happy with its performance. It considerably speeds up their identification of 168 species of rogadine braconids. On Saturday, I gave Mike Sharkey a demo. Unfortunately, there's relatively little demand for braconid identification, and I'd like to produce an interactive key for the ATBI that would appeal to more folks.
Ants seem like a logical target group.
They're relatively species rich, ubiquitous, and although most North American species are named, their identification is not readily available to the masses. If I can muster up enough interest among myrmecologists to provide the necessary taxonomic expertise, I would like to start building an interactive ant key this summer. The nice thing about 20 Questions is that you can add species one at a time. It would be quite simple for Stefan to be adding species that occur in Massachucetts, while Craig adds them for South Carolina, Dan, for Florida, Larry, for Texas, and you, for Oklahoma. The wonders of technology.