Robometer concept device promises to help you feel happy

Detecting emotional cues is hardly a new endeavor, but this so-called Robometer concept device takes a slightly different (but not entirely unique) approach to things, with it actually promising to help you feel happy by prompting you when you stray too far into tediousness. To do that, the rig makes use of a GSR lead to detect your galvanic skin response, along with accelerometers that detect repetitive movement, and a voice sensor that promises to detect repetitive phrases. Those then get translated into various warning levels, with the device ultimately letting out a voice prompt when you're perilously close to becoming too tense or unhappy. Not surprisingly, there's no indication that the project will ever move beyond the concept stage, but you can get a glimpse at what we could be missing out on in the video available at the link below.

[Via Gizmo Watch]

[phanbouy @ May 1st 2008 1:17PM]

WARNING! there's no hope. jump from nearest bridge.

[Chris @ May 2nd 2008 7:43AM]

That's one sexy hand

[Low Ranked @ May 1st 2008 1:40PM]

Hmmm, quite a perverted headline...

[Justin @ May 1st 2008 1:45PM]

Emotional girls should all wear mood rings

[phanbouy @ May 1st 2008 1:49PM]

or better yet, print out their interest level in you!

[ant @ May 1st 2008 1:47PM]

So this thing'll know when youre about to take it off and smash it into a million frickin pieces for being so ugly?

[Low Ranked @ May 1st 2008 1:50PM]

Only God knows why you are so ugly my son.

[phanbouy @ May 1st 2008 1:50PM]

it promises to make you happy until you fail to ever get a date again because you're wearing the damn thing

[Low Ranked @ May 1st 2008 1:51PM]

I thought the point of it was to replace your dates and directly stimulate your 'happyness' spot?

[phanbouy @ May 1st 2008 1:58PM]

it stimulates your prostate?

[Low Ranked @ May 1st 2008 2:52PM]

by the looks of it.... yep!

[itlnstln @ May 1st 2008 4:48PM]

Just like in American Pie, but without the nurse...

[John @ May 1st 2008 1:56PM]

I'm guessing repetitive motions make it think you're happy

[Blaktornado @ May 1st 2008 2:03PM]

Oh no he didn't!

[Joe @ May 1st 2008 1:57PM]

Some of us enjoy "repetitive movements."

[Hammond X @ May 1st 2008 1:59PM]

If I want to get bitched at, I'll get married.

[oGMo @ May 1st 2008 2:00PM]

Computer has made happiness mandatory. Failure to be happy is punishable by summary execution.

[phanbouy @ May 1st 2008 2:02PM]

does it detect impure thoughts?

[Laughing Man @ May 1st 2008 2:08PM]

It works because when you are not happy, tiny microchips sense that you are sad with break through technology. Then the watch SHOCKS THE CRAP OUT OF YOU UNTIL YOU ARE HAPPY!!!!

NOT BE HAPPY OR IT WILL KILL YOU.

[phanbouy @ May 1st 2008 2:10PM]

happy happy happy! joy! joy! joy!

[zephead @ May 1st 2008 2:10PM]

Buy all of them, and you will have happy feelings!

[rony @ May 1st 2008 2:41PM]

yay............

[Tina Darby @ May 1st 2008 3:02PM]

So, after all this technology mumbo jumbo involved, all this thing does is tell you when it senses you are becoming unhappy? Did I read this all correctly? It's gotta do something else useful, right? There's got to be more to it.....I hope. Or, did the Technology God take a major dump and this came out?

[Scentedflame @ May 1st 2008 4:27PM]

Wearing this in public + being happy is seemingly impossible.

Seriously. That thing looks ridiculous. It reminds me of old movies that try to nail the "future" concept and fail.

On the other hand, if this comes out and succeeds, I guess they were right all along.

[michaelportent @ May 1st 2008 5:46PM]

The thought of the TNG episodes with Data's emotion chip springs to mind when I think about this product. =P

[kingu @ May 1st 2008 9:20PM]

Im annoyed allright. *shakes fist over head

[Minas @ May 4th 2008 11:15AM]

For now it looks funny for us but in future other devices will take the useful part of it and possibly will make easy our life.