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December 21st 2005 at 12:52 pm in Computers & Hardware, Ideas & Concepts, Media, Religion & Politics The University of Amsterdam, in coorporation with the University of Illinois, have developed an ‘emotion-recognition’ system:
Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile has intrigued viewers for centuries and now researchers claim they have unlocked the secret behind it.
A computer analysis of the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece has found that she is 83 per cent happy, 9 per cent disgusted, 6 per cent fearful and 2 per cent angry.
Dutch researchers at the University of Amsterdam say the computer rated features such as the curvature of the lips and crinkles around the eyes.
I can definately see this software being abused by Big Brother……
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