affective design

The recent announcement of the iPhone, equipped with motion and proximity sensing capabilities was only the first in a rash of new phones that can sense and respond to the environment… Read more

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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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… Read more

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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… Read more

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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

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The Christian Science Monitor has an article on recent advances in affective computing… Read more

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