[Tyler]

AI Dinner Table Can Help on First Date
     

Carnegie Mellon undergraduates Dan Eisenberg, Kevin Li and Ilya Brin
have developed the EyeTable, which
is described as "an artificially
intelligent dinner table that reads physical gestures and speech
patterns and lets the participants know how the date is going—in real
time." The EyeTable is composed of a centerpiece and two headpieces.
Sensors placed on these parts detect fluctuations in tone of voice,
periods of silence, and distance between the couple. If the EyeTable
detects that the date is not going well, it will try to help the couple
by suggesting some post-dinner activities or by suggesting another
bottle of wine. If the EyeTable detects that the date is beyond help, it
will instead give the numbers for the local cab companies. While the
developers agree that the headsets would need to be modified for this to
be used on a real date, the conceptual product is certainly intriguing.
   

http://robots.net/article/2767.html
     

[Maviarab]

Now, why cant I get paid a fortune for developing useless crap like this? We live in a crazy world

[Freddy]

Makes me despair - surely we don't need this kind of intrusion in our lives, people should learn to deal with difficult situations in life by themselves. I can see a future of moronic, zombie, spoon-fed humans if this sort of thing takes off - then I will happily let the robots destroy humanity...

[Maviarab]

Same here, and after keeping me up all night  , washing the dishes, feeding the cats and making a brew...my bot can come here and post on my behalf hehe.