http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/ Engadget Comments for Omron's Okao Catch measures the intensity of your smile http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/
Now, if they could measure how pissed off you are, then I could see some real-world applications.]]>Apr 12th 2008 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 12th 2008 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 12th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/
*person smiles*

Machine: ROTTEN TOOTH! = 0% = FAILURE!]]>Apr 12th 2008 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/
Robot Doctor: "beep bop boop, i sense you are depressed, here is a prescription for oxycotton... beep bop boop."
]]>Apr 12th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 12th 2008 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 12th 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Nov 16th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 12th 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 12th 2008 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/
I guess that comes along with a post about a device that is utterly worthless that it's not even worth commenting about.]]>Apr 12th 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 12th 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/this is just a waste of taxpayers dollars.]]>Apr 12th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/
If they put up a big proposal in public, they could see if the peeps reading it is smiling or frowning so they can adjust the proposal accordingly so that everyone (or at least the majority) is smiling to the proposed bill.]]>Apr 13th 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_University

Yup, they're private as I had thought.]]>Apr 13th 2008 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/It's the kind of school you go to as a super safety.

And they're private, not public (IIRC).]]>Apr 12th 2008 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/
...actually, this could be useful in application usability studies...
....but then, a lot of people I know frown when they're thinking hard.]]>Apr 13th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 13th 2008 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/This...

God, what a waste of effort this is.

Things like this are why we don't have flying cars and robotic sex partners, desperately needed by anyone reading a techie blog who thinks this is cool.

Ouch, I dissed myself.]]>Apr 13th 2008 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 13th 2008 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 13th 2008 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/12/omrons-okao-catch-measures-the-intensity-of-your-smile/Apr 13th 2008 8:45AM