A new study, conducted by scientists at Stanford University, claims that machinery can be programmed to detect if a person is being truthful or deceptive. The article, written by Tommy Sander and published on Monday September 13, 2010 in USC’s Neon Tommy news website, is interesting to say the least . Machines already control or…
Read MoreSubtle Disgust
Some of you may have seen Miss California Carrie Prejean on the Miss America Pageant last year. Prejean was faced with a tough question during the Q&A portion of the show, when she was asked her opinion on gay marriage by Perez Hilton, a popular Hollywood blogger. While you may or may not have agreed…
Read MoreComputers Reading Your Emotions
Stephen Shankland, a technology journalist, wrote an August 2010 article for CNet.com regarding the development of emotion recognition technology, which would enable computers to detect what the user is feeling in real time. The World Wide Web Consortium (the organization which standardizes many Web technologies) is attempting to standardize and formalize emotional states using a…
Read MoreLie to Me Season 2 Finale “Black & White”
Lie to Me‘s season finale “Black & White” aired September 13, 2010 on FOX. While the episode was decent, it wasn’t great. The plot line involving the death of Cal Lightman’s reporter friend, millionaire Gordon Cook and Councilman Dale Anslinger was all a bit confusing and dry. Perhaps the most powerful moment of the show…
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