New Technology Reviews!.: emotion

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<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-90940" height="240" mce_src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1/deafwomanhears.jpg" src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1/deafwomanhears.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="deaf-woman-hears" width="360" />For those of us who are not deaf or hard of hearing, have you ever wondered how is it like to live a silent life? Since a picture speaks a thousand words, just check out the emotion the lady above displayed after she described herself in a short excerpt, “I was born deaf and 8 weeks ago I received a hearing implant. This is the video of them turning it on and me hearing myself for the first time <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" mce_src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1129/iconsmilef.gif" src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1129/iconsmilef.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /> ”</div>
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Technology, when used for good, is clearly something that is heart warming as you can see above. Bear in mind that someone who is born deaf from birth does not mean said person is completely deaf – some folks do retain a certain level of hearing, although with the new implant that the lady above received, she had never been able to perceive such quality levels of audio before in clarity – hence the outpouring of her emotion. I’m sure anyone in her shoes would have felt the same way as well.</div>
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Some say that this is a hoax, but why bother to record a fake reaction video to a hearing implant? That would be downright pointless – not to mention tasteless.</div>
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Deaf woman hears herself in greater clarity than ever before

For those of us who are not deaf or hard of hearing, have you ever wondered how is it like to live a silent life? Since a picture speaks...

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<div>For years now, researchers have been exploring ways to create devices that understand the nonverbal cues that we take for granted in human-human interaction. One of the more interesting projects we've seen of late is led by Professor Peter Robinson at the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, who is working on what he calls "mind-reading machines," which can infer mental states of people from their body language. By analyzing faces, gestures, and tone of voice, it is hoped that machines could be made to be more helpful (hell, we'd settle for "less frustrating"). Peep the video after the break to see Robinson using a traditional (and annoying) satnav device, versus one that features both the Cambridge "mind-reading" interface <i>and</i> a humanoid head modeled on that of Charles Babbage. "The way that Charles and I can communicate," Robinson says, "shows us the future of how people will interact with machines." Next stop: uncanny valley!</div>

Cambridge developing 'mind reading' computer interface with the countenance of Charles Babbage (video)

For years now, researchers have been exploring ways to create devices that understand the nonverbal cues that we take for granted in human-...