Rise of the machines

[major-error.livejournal.com]

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/04/shrug-detector.html
You know it's only a matter of time before your computer can recognise even the most subtle of emotive gestures...

I positively swoon at the thought of what the tech community would program into it for luser abuse*cough*customer support :)

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