Research in Iceland

According to an article from Friday's USAToday, three software engineers from the University of Iceland created an app using the database of Iceland residents that alerts users if they have a common grandparent by "bumping" phones.

If only we all had ancestors from Iceland: the Islendingabok, or Book of Icelanders, is an online database of residents and their family trees stretching back 1200 years. Most of the population shares descent from a group of 9th-century Vikings.