A technology that senses changes in emotions is being developed to help aged care, driver safety and anxiety in people. I’m betting Big Brother will also find some useful things to do with the technology.
The technology uses changes in speech rhythms and pitch; and changes in facial expressions. Interestingly short term nervousness shows in speech and long term in facial expressions.
A technology that can recognize anxiety in people is being developed by an Australian computer scientist.Australian National University researcher Gordon McIntyre says the technology could be applied in a range of areas from aged care to driver safety.McIntyre, a PhD student from the Research School of Information Services and Engineering, is working on a computer system that detects anxiety by analysing a person’s speech and facial expressions. [ read more Technology tunes into our emotions ]
More information:
Researching emotions in speech
Gordon McIntyre, homepage
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