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MIT Media Lab
In 1997, Picard's group researched in the MIT Media Lab. Her group aimed to combine engineering, computer science, psychology, value-centered design, and ethics. It combined a vision of a digital future with a new style of creative invention. It brought together researchers from far-ranging fields who were passionate about creative expression and design, with pioneers in the emerging field of digital technology. https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/affective-computing/overview/ -
Affectiva
Affectiva is a software company that builds artificial intelligence that understands human emotions, cognitive states, activities and the objects people use, by analyzing facial and vocal expressions. The company spun out of MIT Media Lab and created the new technology category of Artificial Emotional Intelligence. -
Crowdemotion
Enable everyday devices to observe, monitor, and feedback human interaction in a safe way that promotes the well-being of the individual monitors the health of the population, and furthers the evolution of humanity. https://www.elementhuman.com/hx-science -
Mood Light
A new way to stay connected with news, moodLight emits a variety of colors based on the emotions of the online world.
Here is a link to the project that has a startup map of the progress of this new technology.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/connornishijima/moodlight-a-wifi-enabled-window-to-the-worlds-emot -
Microsoft : Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment (VIBE)
The Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment (VIBE) group conducts research in the areas of artificial emotion intelligence (AEI), information visualization in machine learning and big data; and human-computer interaction (HCI) in software engineering.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/vibe/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/15/vibe-introduces-a-remote-collaboration-solution-that-works-with-your-favorite-apps/ -
Feel
The Feel program combines their proprietary Feel Emotion Sensor that continuously detects and monitors emotional state with personalized coaching that helps and improves users' mental wellbeing. It is implemented with an app on a smartphone.
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Self-flying airplanes/cars
There have been tested self-frying airplanes, but the product has not entered the market because many of many fatal safety flaws. I believe this could be a great invention that would be available to regular people. (This could look like flying cars)