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This App Generates Hidden-Message Orbs Your Friends Must Physically Locate
Designed by brain scientists, "Traces" seeks to make messaging more meaningful.
In the not-too-distant future, here's how you tell a friend that you made them a surprise.
You don't write an email, simple as that would be. Instead, you send your friends a notification that directs them to go somewhere—maybe the corner store, maybe a marketplace in Nigeria. When they arrive, they scan the area with their smartphone until a crystalline, floating orb appears, like this one: