Technology and Psychology

If you can turn your emotions and your facial expressions into a remote control, that would be really cool right? There was a computer science Ph.D student who thought of this idea and somehow brought it to life. The device that he created would help by reading facial expressions and then altering the playback speed of a video taped lecture.

Yes, this device is being used for studying purposes. As students, we make certain facial expressions when we encounter something difficult like less blinking of the eyes or frowning. Smiling and nodding could indicate that the lecture is being understood properly. This device would be very beneficial for those who are studying in a video taped class.

The team’s next step now is to determine what are the other facial movements that one person can make when they are exposed to difficult or easy lecture notes. They could then train and program a certain computer model that would move on with the lecture or slow down and keep a slow pace until such time that the facial expression would show a change that would indicate the fact that the lecture is already understood.