# Emotion-Sensitive Cell Phones TouchMan Shares Your Feelings Visually By lourdes sanchez bayas | Published 2008-04-09 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/touchman References: [tuvie](http://www.tuvie.com/touchman-communication-furniture-cell-phone-concept) & [coroflot](http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?from_url=true&sort_by=1&portfolio_id=774832&individual_id=157536) The **[TouchMan](http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?from_url=true&sort_by=1&portfolio_id=774832&individual_id=157536)**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 change color and activity to their current moods and availability," Tuvie says of Touchman's uses. "Use the camera to share your perspective or chat with several contacts at the same time." I don't understand what is meant by "share emotions permanently," but hey, its a good looking gizmo. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.7/10 - Popularity: 49% | Activity: 24% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Inventions](https://www.trendhunter.com/inventions) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Emotion-sensitive Technology:** The development of technology that can sense emotions presents opportunities to create products that can cater to specific emotional states of users. - **Visual Communication:** The idea of sharing emotions visually encourages new opportunities in creating products for visual communication between users. - **Connected Devices:** Connected devices such as cellphones are increasingly catering to people's emotional needs, leading to opportunities to create more personalized, emotionally intelligent devices. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Consumer Electronics:** With the development of emotion-sensitive cell phones, the consumer electronics industry has the opportunity to create an entirely new market of emotionally intelligent devices. - **Social Media:** The ability to share emotions visually on cell phones can be incorporated into social media platforms, creating a new way of expressing and communicating personal emotions online. - **Mental Health Care:** Emotion-sensing technology in cell phones presents potential for use in mental health care services, allowing for more accurate tracking and monitoring of patients' emotions and mental states. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Desktop Mood Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clover-emotion-tracker.md) - [Topographical Relaxation Smartphone Cases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecue-case.md) - [Emotive Smartphone Camera Covers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/camera-covers.md) - [Emotion-Driven AI Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memoreel.md) - [Emotion-Driven Messaging Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/emochat.md) - [Emotional Tracker Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/feel-like.md) - [Artistic UV-Reactive Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/polychromatic-mobile-phone.md) - [Responsive Companion Objects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trutru-haptic.md) - [Heartbeat Rhythmic Smart Lockets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thetouch.md)