Is that true?
Is that true? Ask your ring.
Someone says something at dinner that does not sound right. You do not reach for the phone. You hold the ring, repeat the claim quietly, and feel the answer in your hand.
How it works In development
- Hold and repeat. Hold the ring’s button and say the claim, for example “the boiling point of water drops on a mountain”.
- Lychnos looks it up. It checks the claim against live sources on the web and the news.
- Feel the answer. A buzz in your hand, and a short reason on the screen.
Three answers you can feel
| Answer | Buzz | From the ring’s firmware |
|---|---|---|
| True | Two short | 120 ms on, 120 off, 120 on |
| False | One long | 600 ms |
| Not sure | Three short | 120 ms on and off, three times |
You can feel these patterns on the home page: on Android, your phone plays them too.
A claim, not a person
We were asked for a lie detector. We did not build one: listening to other people is a matter of their consent, and reading feelings from a voice does not work well enough to judge anyone by. Instead, you repeat the claim yourself, and Lychnos checks the claim. It records only your voice, only while you hold the button.
Why “not sure” matters
Some claims are half true, out of date, or argued about by people who know more than any summary. When the evidence is unclear, Lychnos says not sure, gives you the reason, and leaves the sources in the app for later. A quick, honest “not sure” beats a confident wrong answer.
Questions
Is it a lie detector?
No. It checks a claim, not a person. It listens only to you, while you hold the button, and it does not try to read anyone's voice or face.
Can it be wrong?
Yes. It looks things up and tells you what it found, with the reason on the screen and the sources in the app. When the evidence is unclear, it says not sure.