Top 33 Mood Sensitive Technologies - Emotional Futurism (SUPER GALLERY)

When people think of technology, they often think of cold or emotion-less electronics. Judging by the recurring mood-sensitive innovations we’ve featured, that doesn’t look to be the case.

In fact, incorporating human emotion has become a key attribute of a lot of future gadgets, from emotion-sensitive cell phones to clothing that reacts to your moods.

Take a look at the future of your feelings:

Vending By Mood - Sadness Gets More Ice Cream (GALLERY)

The Dr. Whippy vending machine has a built-in voice stress analyzer. It detects the user’s answers to specific questions and measures how happy or unhappy the user is feeling. The lower their mood, the more ice cream the machine dispenses. That’s enough to sweeten anyone’s day! “Demitrios Kargoti… [More]

Fashion

Emotion Sensitive Apparel - Philips SKIN and the Digital Future (GALLERY)

Philips has developed new emotion sensitive apparel, called SKIN.  The far-out-future-fabric actually adjusts color and form, meaning that you can essentially communicate with your clothes. [More]

Emotion-Sensitive Bags - LadyBag Helps the Forgetful (GALLERY)

The LadyBag makes sure you ladies will never forget your keys, mobiles or any important gadget before you leave the house. Developed by a team of six women at Canada’s Simon Fraser University, the LadyBag uses RFID technology to detect items in the bag. If something is missing, the LadyBag will sh… [More]

Light Up Clothes & Bras II - Phillips Lumalive Fashion (Update) (GALLERY)

Philips showcased its Philips Lumalive line of clothing in San Francisco recently. The show featured LED (light emitting diode) clothing, LED video jackets, coats, boots and even LED bras. “Philips Lumalive is a new medium to convey emotions and messages,” according to the company. “It creates a p… [More]

Light Tattoos & Skin Embossing - Temporary Body Mods by Kye Ok Kim (GALLERY)

This series of incredible temporary body modifcation devices was designed by Kye Ok Kim and showcased at Seoul Design Week 2007. They allow those who want to express themselves through artistic body work to do so via light, print or paint. The light-emitted brooches project patterns onto the skin … [More]

Architecture

Mood Sensitive Architecture - Emotional Cities (GALLERY)

We’ve seen mood clothing and furniture, and now we can add emotion-sensitive architecture to that fascinating list thanks to incredible Swedish technology. As part of the Emotional Cities project, the Haymarketscrapers, or Hötorgetskrapor, in Stockholm change colour according to the feeling of th… [More]

Emotional City Maps

Bio Mapping is a research project which explores new ways that we as individuals can make use of the information we can gather about our own bodies. Instead of security technologies that are designed to control our behaviour, this project envisages new tools that allows people to selectively share a… [More]

Furniture & Design

Color Changing Mood Furniture - Thermochromatic Swamp Collection

Could this mood chair be the new way to detect lies, and deception? There seem to be a lot of new gadgets coming to our attentions lately that are modeled around the ability to read moods and emotions based on our body heat. This chair is no different. “Erin Hayne and Nuno Gonçalves Ferreira ha… [More]

Breath-Controlled Furniture - Alpha Liege

Relax to the rhythm of your own breath with the Alpha Liege lounge chair. With such an emphasis on yoga and meditation these days, people have become a lot more aware of their own breathing. This chic lounger lets you tune into your inner self without the risk of pulling a muscle. The streamline… [More]

Mood Sensitive Design - The Mood Bowl Changes Color (GALLERY)

This pear glass, which plugs into the wall, changes color according to your mood. The mood bowl is capable of going through a cycle of 8 different colors but it can also remain on the same color of your choosing. This is a simple ornament designed to give the room ambiance and a relaxing mood. [More]

Mood Art - Pictures Persuade You To Feel Good (GALLERY)

Ah, the power of persuasion has reached new levels. Now just looking at a colorful picture can change your mood from gloom to over the moon. Hypno-Art.com claims to produce art that will make you smile, or at least lighten up a bit. The site references scientific studies on colors and visual stimulu… [More]

Art Coincides With Your Mood - MoodSpace by Interactive Art (GALLERY)

What if you could design your own moods? For only $25,000 you can add an entire wall that shimmers and glows to your living room decor. Now imagine being able to fine tune it. The MoodSpace by Interactive Art has LED lighting and other elements, each piece crafted by artist Arjuna Noor. “Arjuna’s… [More]

Musical Mood Interiors - The White Box by Skloib (GALLERY)

This design of home automation is so cool The White Box design from Skloib is an idea of how technology can change your space to suit your mood. Having an orange day? Play orange music, show orange lights, change your pictures to orange tones. The technology allows you to control your interior desig… [More]

Air Purification with Mood Light Therapy (and Style) - The RabbitAir MinusA2 (GALLERY)

The RabbitAir MinusA2 is a cutting edge air filter which combines cool features with a stylish design and mood lighting.  The design is slick enough that the website actually features over a dozen photos of the air filter as a design accessory for your home or office… I’ve never seen that for an a… [More]

Ascertain the Mood of a Room - $3,000 SHOJI-System

The SHOJI is a “Symbiotic Hosting Online Jog Instrument” (confusing).  Specifically, the system ascertains the “mood” of a room by monitoring a variety of factors (cool!).  This includes the feelings and behavior of the people in the room.  The information is relayed to remote terminals where th… [More]

Body

Emotion Sensitive Electronic Tattoos - The SKIN Project (VIDEO)

The SKIN project is truly a new twist on the mood ring idea. The electronic mood tattoos from Philips appear to change with the wearers moods! “The SKIN Tattoo project investigates the use of ‘electronic’ ink that would allow people to have dynamic tattoos with an infinite number of display option… [More]

Electronic Sensing Jewelry - Skintile Detects Feelings

Skintile, an electric jewelry, is partly affected by the mood of the wearer. It happens many times, that we have feelings we can’t express. Why not let our jewelry express them for us? I don’t mean dressing in accordance of our mood. It’s the other way round. Skintile was designed by Philips wit… [More]

Gadgets & Tech

KotoHana, a Flower That Shows Your Emotions

NEC will present the KotoHana (the talking flower) at CeBit. It is interactive via the Sensibility Technology (ST) and it recognizes your feelings (happy, sad, angry, ...) and changes colour through LED’s, even if you’re far away from the flower (via Wireless LAN and the Internet). Source: akihabara… [More]

Emotion-Sensitive Cell Phones - TouchMan Shares Your Feelings Visually (GALLERY)

The TouchMan cellphone concept can become a piece of furniture which allows its user to communicate in a very personal way with relatives, friends, coworkers, etc. The communication becomes extra personal because, apparently, this gadget allows for the visual sharing of emotions. “They could chang… [More]

Dermal Displays - Programmable Body Art

Trendhunter readers know that tattoos may be able to react to emotions. Now scientists want to find a way to evolve body art from showing only emotional responses, to a display that can be pre-programmed to show a specific display when activated. This concept would be used for nano-medicine, allowin… [More]

Watches that Monitor Laziness - Exmocare BT2 (GALLERY)

The Exmocare BT2 is a watch but it is not like any ordinary watch. This watch is designed to keep workers on their toes and your boss looking over your shoulders. The BT2 is designed to measure physiological data. It comes with sensors that detect your heart rate and heart variability, location, b… [More]

Pimp my Heart - HeartBeat Bass Booster

Pimp My Heart is a new bass system for your ride that amplifies your heartbeat.  The concept is that by amplufying heartbeat in real time a better psychological connection with onlookers can be attained, “By hacking on the technology/hobby that is often used as psychological armor, territory-marking… [More]

Emotion Audio-Prosthesis from Panasonic

Don’t worry, I don’t fully get it yet either.  Essentially, the commercial goal of the product is to provide a device that would help us to ‘grasp the issue of the emotional deficits in society’.  Then, instead of reacting the way we insinctively would, Panasonic could provide us with a set of alter… [More]

New Software Measures Global Shifts in Human Emotion Based on Blogs (GALLERY)

Another user generated content trend – but, unlike those recorded to date, it doesn’t involve active consumer participation. The “we feel fine” team use already created content and record shifts in human emotions across the globe. So if you want to understand how London was feeling at the ti… [More]

Cell Phone Love Detector Service

Nemesysco Entertainment has created a cell phone service in Turkey, Hungary and the UK that can monitor the excitement levels and can calculate the “love levels” of the person on the other line. Once the conversation is over, the final report will be sent to your cell phone using SMS or audio me… [More]

Ambient Orb - A Stock Market Mood Ring?

The Ambient Orb looks like a crystal ball. It won’t show you what the next big thing on Wall Street is, but it will change color according to the performance of the stock market. [More]

Robots

Emotional Robots - MIT’s Nexi (VIDEO)

Nexi is a next generation humanoid robot conceived and designed by roboticist Cynthia Breazeal’s group at the MIT Media Lab. They call this so-called “emotional robot” an MDS (Mobile/Dexterous/Social). The robot can move its tiny body, hands, and face suggestive of human emotions. Gizmowatch says … [More]

Robot Psychologist - MindMentor The Future Of Mental Healthcare

Clinical psychologists Jaap Hollander and Jeffrey Wijnberg from Holland have created the MindMentor the first fully-functional on-line psychologist that will be help people with their emotional problems. Admitting you need help and then going through the process of getting it is usually a big step f… [More]

Robotic Expression - Kansei’s Face Makes 36 Expressions (VIDEO)

Because robots aren’t freaky enough, Japanese researchers have created a robot that can make 36 different human expressions.  The robot, named Kansei, makes a frightened face when he sees the word ‘bomb’ and he a happy face when he sees the word ‘sushi’.  Kansei was developed at Meiji University’s… [More]

Philips’ Cool iCat Robot: Reacts to Human Interaction (VIDEO)

Philips’ iCat has 13 electric motors that move the eyes, eyebrows, eyelids, mouth and head to produce various emotional responses.  So now you can have an anthropomorphic cat that won’t smell or rub up against your leg. The iCat Research Platform is a research platform for studying human-robot inte… [More]

Animatronic Chimp Bust: A Robotic Monkey to Make You Happy

Yes, I know chimps aren’t monkeys.  But you know what? When you’re sitting at home wishing you had an animatroic chimp bust to play play connect four, I’ll be laughing.  You know why?  Because I’ll already have one.  For just $149 to get my very own robot monkey (chimp). “Now this is a real robot. S… [More]

Playmates Toys Interactive Doll: Impress Your Kid: Freak Yourself Out

This thing is real.  I am not kidding.  The face moves, the doll has voice recognition, it can sing and make animal noises.  The doll (Amazing Amanda) can play games with you (or your kid) such as funny faces.  She also recognizes her food (via RFID technology).  Amanda speaks english, has 32 megabi… [More]

Hasbro iDog Robotic Puppy

In case you haven’t seen it already, you can get a pet for your iPod.  It’s a speaker, it dances and it’s freaky.  Now available in black.  Boo yah. iDOG - Little dog, big sound. iDOG Rocks to your music! And when you plug it in, it even plays your music! With a built-in speaker, a distinct array o… [More]