Resilient Ambassadors of Change » real time

A lamp that can read your mind?

Jillian Ketterer — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:25:22 +0000

There are many things I may never fully understand, such as why the Electoral College is still used in the United States, how anyone likes the taste of marzipan, and astrophysics. The LED lamp I am about to describe is also on that list.

Will Foursquare incentivize life?

Jillian Ketterer — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:58:09 +0000

I joined Foursquare today. I am officially a newbie!

Why did it take me so long? Aside from a hectic schedule and generally being overwhelmed by information, I quite frankly didn't want folks to know my whereabouts at that level of detail. The gaming aspect alone was not enough to draw me - I could care less about earning points by checking in to cool placees, and becoming a mayor. For me, the tipping point was internally motivated; I thought, "Where might this go in the future?" and suddenly my brain imploded. I did a bit of research.

About Face! The MIT Media Lab assesses microexpressions

Jillian Ketterer — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:42:36 +0000

When I was catching up on posts from one of my favorite blogs, Brain Pickings, I stumbled upon this post about a software application developed by the Affective Computing Group at the MIT Media Lab. The application, called FaceSense, detects and analyzes facial gestures in real-time, and then uses that information to make inferences about the person's mood and emotional state. As Brain Pickings points out: