affective design

Donald Norman has a post on his blog about how he helped H&R Block create their new tax software tango based on Emotional Design principles… Read more

PC World lists the 20 Most Annoying Tech Products. And for some reason, their #1 choice reminds me of Seinfeld and Grunge… Read more

As the emotional effects of video games become more and more apparent, the games themselves are diversifying to occupy different emotional “niches”… Read more

The South Korean government has forecast that every South Korean will own a robot by 2020. Information like this has prompted the drafting of a Robots Ethics Charter… Read more

An article on BBC News discusses a multi-country, European initiative called Feelix Growing that is focusing on developing technologies to help robots learn and interpret human emotional responses and behavior. Read more

In northern climates, some people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (or S.A.D.), a mood disorder that causes depressive symptoms… Read more

Reuters has an article about how the success of games that help to improve the mental abilities of players is inspiring developers to create a new genre of video games…

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Medical News Today has an article about how pharmaceutical advertising relies on appeals to consumer’s emotions rather than on providing information…

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Reuters has an article about “Affluenza“; how rampant consumerism appears to be increasing the incidence of depression and mental illness all over the globe… Read more