26 to 29 September in Copenhagen lounge nicely called UbiComp (Ubiquitous Computer abbreviation ). One of the sensations presented to the appointment of technology will undoubtedly have been EmotionSense , an application adapted to the mobile phone to detect developing our emotional states during our days, provided we have a cell phone in his pocket. Cecilia Mascolo leading a team on this project to the computer lab at the University of Cambridge UK, and has even written a very detailed brief to the intention of Ubicomp (here in PDF and in English) . The most illuminating is to read his explanations and intentions: "The GPS locates the person, the accelerometer lets see if it is moving. detects the Bluetooth si elle est accompagnée. Enfin, le micro capte la voix de l'intéressé et l'analyse» . Il suffirait, selon les protocoles de ces recherches de comparer ensuite notre voix à des échantillons censés refléter différents états avérés de peur, de joie, ou de peine, pour «saisir des moments de vie humaine comme nous ne pouvions pas le faire auparavant. C'est un formidable outil de psychologie sociale pour comprendre comment les gens interagissent» .
La merveille est qu'ainsi on peut étudier «un nombre de personnes bien plus important, à un coût minime et sur une longue période» . Craindrait-on que tout ceci se transforme into an instrument of social control? The response of the guardian of the reason is simple and clear: "The person must be willing" , which allows to deduce that "is not spying but psychological studies . And to protect privacy, the path is parsed but not registered ". Mrs Cecilia Mascolo
could test this application on a score of people, because it is "pending funding to implement it on a larger scale" . Fortunately, one wonders what companies may need to be followed and at full speed and from day to day "at minimal cost over a long period" , cuts more or less modeled our emotional states, in order to obtain information and more importantly profits. It has a beautiful name, Lady Cecilia, it's called the emotional computing (PDF) , it seems that here we should say: "the affective computing."
Meanwhile, some Matteo Sorci, also included a research project of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, and engineering combined with the startups nViso , with support from the Foundation for Technological Innovation and National Fund (Swiss) research, has for some time developed the spidermask (ie a sort of cobweb in sight scanning movements of the face) which, thanks to a webcam detects facial expressions also our "that are common to all human beings, the terms" basic ", so to speak. They are seven in number (joy, anger, disgust, fear, sadness, surprise and neutral expression). With variations in perceptions across cultures. " for details we will refer to this PDF log Time .
But if, as a good researcher, he shared similar ambitions, the engineer has other ideas to reality than the learned. Party like it records on volunteers - we must start somewhere - he soon realized he, that consciousness could skew his analysis: "We analyze what happens unconsciously when you look at a spot advertising. This is very useful because when you're at the supermarket then, what you'll remember, it is precisely these stimuli visuels enregistrés pendant que vous étiez devant votre écran. Il faut savoir que 95% de nos choix sont influencés par notre inconscient.»
La start-up nViso et son apôtre sorcier — qui «trouve personnellement qu’on a un peu trop peur des nouvelles technologies» — s'emploient donc à ajouter l’ eye tracking ( i. e. le suivi du regard ou oculométrie) pour mieux informer ses caméras dans les supermarchés. S'il finit par rencontrer Cecilia dans un salon de technologie, ils pourront ainsi de concert les embarquer ( to embed comme ils say) on our telephone terminals.
When, according to The Golden Legend ( ca 1261) by Jacques de Voragine, the prefect Almachius Cecilia offered a palace provided it abandon its faith, the future saint and patron saint of musicians - Matteo, he became Bankers boss - he spoke these last words: "I do not know where you lost the use of your eyes because the gods of which you speak, we see in them as rocks. Rather feel them, touch and learn what you can do with your sight. "
Stefano Maderna: It Martirio di Santa Cecilia , Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome.
© Photo: Sébastien Bertrand.
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