Lie to Me Season 3, Episode 8: “Smoked”

In this week’s episode of Lie to Me, entitled ‘Smoked,’ Detective Wallowsky asks The Lightman Group to help her in a murder investigation that took place at a family-owned restaurant. In this episode, it’s quite noticeable that the writers are making an attempt to incorporate a bit more of the science involved with this field.…

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Movie Theaters Can Track Your Emotions

Do you remember George Orwell’s novel 1984? In the dystopian world that Orwell creates, it is mandatory for every household to have a ‘telescreen,’ which is essentially a television with the ability to allow authorities to monitor its viewers. The authorities ensure that the viewers are watching the appropriate propaganda and reacting accordingly. Viewers who…

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Video Games Can Now Tap in to Players’ Emotions

In a recent article by Wired Magazine, author Charles Q. Choi discusses the new trend of video games that analyze players’ emotions in order to create a better gaming experience. Choi states that “Nintendo’s Wii game console may owe some of its extraordinary success to emotions that are triggered by specific movements: It might essentially…

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Eye Scanning Lie Detector

University of Utah researchers have developed a new tool that could potentially detect when someone is lying. The technology, called Ocular Motor Deception Detection software, or OMDD, is a retinal scanning device that is not intended to replace the polygraph machine, but would be used to supplement or provide an alternative method. OMDD was recently…

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