PhotoIf you happen to be invited to a party at the United States Embassy in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, you might address your R.S.V.P. Envelopes typically include a cellphone number, so postal workers can call for directions. to “eyebrows.conforms.zebra.” Have a care package for a student at the Institute of Finance and Economics of Mongolia? Many Mongolians still lead nomadic lives, and some have to collect mail from post-office boxes dozens of miles from home. Postal workers can then use the app to arrive at the location by sending the three words, automatically converted into GPS coordinates, to any navigation system on their phone for turn-by-turn directions.

Source: New York Times August 11, 2016 09:00 UTC