64 | Mobile Tech film reels may no longer exist the need to pee certainly does –especially when a three hour movie is not an uncommon experience. Enter RunPee, which is something of an oddball app that pretty much lets you know when the best time is to make a run for the bathroom during a movie without missing the best scenes! Not only will it subtly alert you with a non-audible vibration so as not to disturb anyone else, it also provides a complete synopsis of events you have missed! There are obviously enough sensitivebladdered cinephiles downloading this app to make it a viable business as the app is updated the day movies are released in cinemas. Amazing! Melon Meter Price: $2.48 Size: 7.6MB iOS & Android devices Now we must be pretty lucky in Australia because when the app was launched in 2011 the world went a little nuts for this perfect watermelon detecting tool. Me personally, I’ve never encountered an unripe or over ripe watermelon, but maybe I’m just secretly talented? We all know to tap the watermelon to hear if it’s ripe (we do? – Ed), well this app has turned that theory into a “scientifictechnological algorithm”. It allows your iPhone via its microphone to analyse the signal produced by thumping a watermelon and informs you of its suitability. Who would have thought! Now unless you have a seriously hard time selecting ripe watermelons I would not recommend actually purchasing this app, however it is a wonderful example of app obscurity!
Police Scanner 5-0 Price: Free ($1.99 with advert removal upgrade) Size: 9MB iOS & Android devices Scanners have been used for years by journalists and curious eavesdroppers and now app technology allows the curious to listen in on the process of law enforcement in real time. It appears police scanner apps available are a result of socially-based technology overtaking police technology, combined with difficulties in authorities communicating with one another using digital or encrypted channels. Offering coverage of more than 2500 police, fire, air, sea, rail and rescue live-feeds from literally all over the world, Police Scanner 5-0 is an app intriguing to many. It’s certainly a bizarre experience to listen in on day-to-day police activity anywhere from Cairns to Chicago!