March 30, 2006
Wearable Technology: Device tells you whether you are annoying
NewScientistTech reports that the MIT Media Lab is developing a device that can analyse emotions and is capable of telling you when the person you are talking to gets bored or annoyed. The aim is to help autistic people determine the emotional state of the person they are talking to, something that an autistic person often can determine by themselves.
The device is a little camera, that can be attached to a pair of glasses, which is connected to a hand-held computer. Facial recognition software runs on the handheld computer and causes the computer to vibrate if it detects particular facial expressions that signal boredom or annoyance.