"Bump the app before you bump in bed"

Hey(:

I thought I would quickly tell you about an Icelandic curiosity. (;

A few weeks ago, my sister came back from her holiday in Iceland. Afterwards, she naturally had a lot to tell. What I found odd but really amusing, was her story of the Islendinger App. Because of the fact that Iceland has only 320,000 inhabitants, three young software-engineering students at the University of Iceland developed an app which lets users instantly compare their lineage by bumping their mobile phones together. When you bump, it shows your nearest common ancestors. If you bump with someone who’s too closely related, you get an alarm sound and a text warning, the “incest-prevention alarm”. It traces the lineage of all the country’s inhabitants, in some cases going back to 9th century settlers.

“People may think it's funny, but the app is a necessity.”

If you want to try it out now, I have to disappoint you. Users must have an Icelandic social security number to log on. (;