Articles--10/16/2012

There was an interesting article in the New York Times about something called affective programming, which aims to teach robots how to read and recognize human emotion. Right now, programmers in Egypt are teaching robots to recognize simple facial expressions that indicate happiness, frustration, and anger. Right now, in a handful of middle schools, computers are analyzing students' facial expressions and determining whether they are interested or bored with the lesson, so it can then be improved. This technology could also end up helping people who lack the ability to read emotions.