Scientists Propose App That Detects Emotions Based On Walking Style 34
An anonymous reader writes: Chinese researchers claim to be able to deduce a person's emotional state using accelerometer data from mobile devices attached to the wrist and ankle. The study recorded baseline data and then comparitive data after showing either disturbing or amusing videos to test subjects. The paper envisages the ultimate development of smartphone and wearable apps capable of providing systematic long-term and short-term data on someone's state of being, based mostly on the movement of the ankle whilst walking. They posit the usefulness of the information in medical applications, but do not address possible unsuitable uses, such as for the purposes of employment assessment or insurance premiums.
I propose an app to determine emotions based on (Score:1)
effenheimers. the F-word is so fucking commonplace that the way it's used in conversation can be a clue as to how the users feel.
I for one welcome our ankle bracelet masters (Score:4, Funny)
>> movement of the ankle whilst walking
Great - I can't wait until we're all issued our "optional but wear it if you want a job" ankle bracelets.
Silly Walks To Throw Off The Data (Score:5, Interesting)
I wonder how the ankle device would cope with a silly walk [youtube.com]. At the very least, the workplace would get more interesting as people don't walk from point A to point B in a normal manner.
what arrogant fools (Score:2)
"detecting" emotion! what a laugh and a lie, they are doing nothing of the sort. They are just guessing.
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"detecting" emotion! what a laugh and a lie, they are doing nothing of the sort. They are just guessing.
Right? Chinese people don't have souls; how can they study and understand emotions?
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Right? Chinese people don't have souls; how can they study and understand emotions?
This is you talking, not anyone else.
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You're mistaking Chinese people for Gingers. Ginger's don't have souls.
Gingers have souls. They have one freckle for every soul they steal.
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the tell-all mood bracelet (Score:2)
When the day comes that such a thing is invented by sociologists there will surely be a scope-creep coda to the tune of "more research needed" within the vast sphere of human malfeasance.
Just what we need is a technological literature brimming with amateur hand-wringing and armchair ethics. I'd just love to read what Shockley might have written about his invention in the last paragraph of the
Tired but happy (Score:2)
Just got a raise, but exhausted from pulling a 30 hour shift? Depressed and slouched.
How accurate is this really going to be considering the multitude of reasons you could have for walking in one way or another? What about people with a bad knee who start walking strangely because the knee starts hurting?
Healthy body, healthy mind (Score:3)
Your gait may not be able to tell you anything about your emotional health, but it certainly can tell you something about how long you'll probably live.
http://www.livescience.com/104... [livescience.com]
Silly walks? (Score:2)
Will it also detect silly enough walks that suffices the ministry of silly walks rigorous standards?
The Gait Detector, near Cory Doctorow's prediction (Score:2)