Monday, June 26, 2006

Coming soon - mind-reading computers

Cool, right?
"The system we have developed allows a wide range of mental states to be identified just by pointing a video camera at someone," said Professor Peter Robinson, of the University of Cambridge in England.

What a neato keen technology. What can we do with this? Why oh why is he making it?

He and his collaborators believe the mind-reading computer's applications could range from improving people's driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to people's moods.

"Imagine a computer that could pick the right emotional moment to try to sell you something, a future where mobile phones, cars and Web sites could read our mind and react to our moods," he added.

AAAAARGH! What a friggin genius. Is there no hope?

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