Ubergizmo.com has reported on a new Emoticon app for cell phones. “Twikao” is an app the digitizes a facial expression from a photo and turns it into an emoticon. Developed by Takuto Onishi from Japan, this app can take any photo of a face (as long as it is fairly clear) and turn it into…
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Can the emotion of disgust help us stay healthy? Recent articles from Metro.com (uk) and SF Gate suggests that it very well can. It is scientifically proven that disgust is one of the seven basic universal facial expressions of emotion, meaning it is expressed in the same manner, on the face, across cultures. Metro reports…
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Did you know that objects can grab properties from nearby objects? This is referred to as illusory conjunction. Well, according to Scientific American this is true not just of objects, but of social beings such as human, more specifically their faces. They report that researchers at Arizona State have documented that male faces are more…
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Take a glimpse into the future of store window marketing. Tokyo is leading the way with their life like female android developed by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJWwJU2kxrI&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube] Courtesy to CNET News for the video Also, take a look at our recent blog post on Emotional Android Companions to learn…
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