X-Message-Number: 26884
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:05:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Badger <>
Subject: A Proto Truth Machine?

Mood Ring

Cell phones will soon be able to tell when we sound bored, engaged or
even romantically attracted. Could this new technology change the way
we communicate?

Aug. 24, 2005 - You can throw out those relationship-advice books. 
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab
have come up with a new way to tell whether a guy is  just not that
into you,  or whether she's going to say  yes  to a date. Under the
direction of Alex (Sandy) Pentland, students at the Media Lab's Human
Dynamics Group have developed voice-analyzing software that works with
cell phones and can tell when users are disinterested, empathetic even
when they are attracted to the speaker. 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9053583/site/newsweek/

Is this the beginning of what James Halperin talked about in his book,
"The Truth Machine"?

http://tinyurl.com/9hygv

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