Two high school juniors from Oregon have won $100,000 in the 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology. Disabilityscoop website reported commented on the students’, Akash Krishnan and Matthew Fernandez, computer analysis program that helps distinguish among five emotions from the recording of the human voice. Their project “The Recognition of Emotion in Human Speech”…
Read MoreThe Truth in the Palm of Our Hands
The Pentagon has issued hand held lie detectors to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. According to an article on msn.com “New Anti-Terror Weapon”, these devices are accurate enough to save lives. These hand held lie detectors can narrow the list of possible terrorists after a roadside bombing, or weed out possible terrorists who apply for positions…
Read MoreEye Scanning Lie Detector
University of Utah researchers have developed a new tool that could potentially detect when someone is lying. The technology, called Ocular Motor Deception Detection software, or OMDD, is a retinal scanning device that is not intended to replace the polygraph machine, but would be used to supplement or provide an alternative method. OMDD was recently…
Read MoreTruth Detectors: Can You Spot the Truth?
Do you trust that most people are honest? A new study suggests that trusting people often make better lie detectors than cynical people. The study, published by SAGE and posted on the Science Daily website, insists that trusting people are not gullible but in fact very smart. Researchers asked 20 participants to watch taped job…
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