The keyboard of the future will know just how you feel

    The keyboard of the future will know just how you feel


    Posted: 31 Aug 2014
    Your feelings and emotions are revealed not just by what you type but how you type it. In the future, your PC could warn you if you're typing an angry memo or instant message and suggest you step away from the keyboard for a minute, and perhaps take a tea break.

    Today's computers are simply tools, but tomorrow's could be "emotionally aware" systems. Researchers say: "If we could build any system that is intelligent enough to interact with humans that involves emotions, that is, it can detect user emotions and change its behaviour accordingly, then using machines could be more effective and friendly."

    Nazmul Haque Nahin, Jawad Mohammad Alam, Hasan Mahmud and Kamrul Hasan from the Islamic University of Technology in Bangladesh explored the topic by measuring what users typed, and asking them to indicate their emotional state. A pop-up window gave them a choice of nine tick boxes: the standard ISEAR (International Survey on Emotion Antecedents and Reactions) emotional classes of joy, fear, anger, sadness, disgust, shame, and guilt, plus two extra ones: neutral and tired.
    Read more at: The keyboard of the future will know just how you feel | ZDNet
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    31 Aug 2014



  1. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #1

    I like my new keyboard and my new computer but I don't want them to know.
    So I think I will pass on such programs.
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  2. Posts : 548
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #2

    Keyboard: "Hello Dave, it seems you are raging from losing the game and typing angrily. Maybe you should take a break?"
    Dave: AERHEWUIHFAGBDHFBHADS *KEYBOARD SMASH*

    Or something along those lines, is what I expect would happen if such a keyboard were in the hands of a raging gamer. :P
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #3

    Wonder what the Keyboard would think to a sexy email to your Boyfriend / Girlfriend
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #4

    King Arthur said:
    Or something along those lines, is what I expect would happen if such a keyboard were in the hands of a raging gamer. :P
    People don't have to be "Gaming" to "Rage Quit".
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #5

    Possibly it would disable caps lock for me

    Too sexy for my keyboard
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  6. Posts : 7,781
    Win 7 32 Home Premium, Win 7 64 Pro, Win 8.1, Win 10
       #6

    Is there a category for "I had a couple drinks?" That could actually come in handy.....

    KB: NO! NO! I AM NOT POSTING THAT COMMENT. YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY DRUNK! GO TO BED! NOW!
      My Computer


  7. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #7

    Stephanie said:
    Wonder what the Keyboard would think to a sexy email to your Boyfriend / Girlfriend
    The keyboard would get longer keys and perspire and have a desire for a smoke.
    Pall Mall's in my keyboards case.
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #8

    Layback Bear said:
    Stephanie said:
    Wonder what the Keyboard would think to a sexy email to your Boyfriend / Girlfriend
    The keyboard would get longer keys and perspire and have a desire for a smoke.
    Pall Mall's in my keyboards case.
    ..
      My Computer


  9. Posts : 193
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #9

    Stephanie said:
    Layback Bear said:
    Stephanie said:
    Wonder what the Keyboard would think to a sexy email to your Boyfriend / Girlfriend
    The keyboard would get longer keys and perspire and have a desire for a smoke.
    Pall Mall's in my keyboards case.
    ..

    I can see it moaning every time you hit Tab, Backslash or the Space Bar
      My Computer


 

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