Wednesday, May 15, 2013

New Smartphone App Can Measure Your Happiness – Creepy, or Not?

Author : John MacKay

Date : May 8, 2013

Extract : « Cambridge University researches have now created an app that can measure the user’s happiness and mood. »
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« Information from the phone, such as what time it is unlocked each morning, how many texts and calls are made and received, movements, location, and external noise, can be used to gauge just how social the individual is being. And then there’s the human layer, which asks the phone’s owner to determine their mood–these have been devised by psychologists. »
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« Some critics are wary because the app can access the SMS (text message records)  in the phone, but the creators say the data is only being used currently within the study project itself. »
Index terms : Moods, emotions, health.

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