Smile detection?

[Rob Williams]

Sensing component company Omron has created what it calls "smile measurement software," which rates the amount of happiness that human subject of a photo are exhibiting. On the face of it (ouch!), the applications aren't too obvious: then you consider that this could easily be used by robots to detect their owner's -- and future slave's -- state of mind, even if it is on a rather polarized scale.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/omron-announces-smile-measurement-software/

 

[madstork91]

Research of this has been around for years...

There is a % of the population that it does not apply to... A very significant %.

 

[madmat]

Research of this has been around for years...

There is a % of the population that it does not apply to... A very significant %.

Stop exaggerating, the emo's don't make up that big of a percentage of our population.

 

[Rob Williams]

Haha. I never smile. I would so fail that test.

 

[ryan92084]

smiling is for the weak and weak minded

 

[madstork91]

Then call me frail.