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Volkswagen has released an innovative iPhone app: the VW Test Drive a Print AD! Augmented reality app lets users “test drive” across VW’s latest Norwegian print ads. While the app is only availablein the Norwegian Apple storefor now, you can also try it outon their site. The following video is beautiful featuring the song Paper Aeroplane by Julia Stone. While the app isn’t exactly useful- it’s an engaging and fun marketing campaign....

We first wrote aboutVYouwhen it launched last November, the social video network described as a combination ofJustin.TV,Formspring,YouTube, andTwitter. Since its launch, the New York-based startup has served over 20 million video views and features noted VYou members including writer Chuck Klosterman, ESPN poker show host Laura Lane, musician Chester French and Alex Blagg of BajillionHits. “VYou is very focused on the “social” in social media,” says Steve Spurgat, VYou Founder and CEO....

Vá! 3 billion years ago, Mars looked a lot like Iceland Stroll around Gale until you feel at home… To get around this issue, Rice University researchers set out to examine data fromCuriosity, comparing geological features there to those found in various locales on ourhomeworld, including Iceland, Idaho, Hawaii, and Antarctica. [Read:How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland] “Earth provided an excellent laboratory for us in this study, where we could use a range of locations to see the effects of different climate variables on weathering, and the average annual temperature had the strongest effect for the types of rocks in Gale Crater....

You know you’re in for a treat when a pre-print AI research paper begins by explaining that nobodyreallyknows what AI is and ends bysolving artificial general intelligence(AGI). The paper’s called “Co-evolutionary hybrid intelligence,” and it’s a work of art that belongs in a museum. But, since it’s state-sponsored research from Russia that was uploaded to a pre-print server, we’ll just talk about it here. The research is only four pages long, but the team manages to pack a lot in that space....

Wacomtoday released theBamboo Stylus, a stylus designed specifically forthe iPadand made to feel like a real pen. The iPad is great for sketching and getting ideas down quickly, but taking notes or drawing with your finger is a cumbersome activity. I haven’t got my hands on a Bamboo Stylus but if it’s as realistic as Wacom claims, it’ll make these activities much easier on the iPad — and give Steve Jobs, notorious hater of all things stylus, a headache....