A Primitive Mind Reader
October 14th 2007 04:10
I could sure use one of these and not just because I'm into the whole 'lets read Ann Coulters mind to see if she's really human and not some alien life form in the vein of The Thing'.
This has far more interesting uses, not the least of which is it can tell you if you're having too much of any specific thing, namely work, boredom, fun etc.
Haha, I can see where Robert Jacob is coming from, when I'm half-way through a job I'm typically 'content', then in the last hour or so I'm overwhelmed and afterwards I'm relieved. Though I didn't need a computer to tell me that.
This has far more interesting uses, not the least of which is it can tell you if you're having too much of any specific thing, namely work, boredom, fun etc.
"New evaluation techniques that monitor user experiences while working with computers are increasingly necessary," said Robert Jacob, computer science professor and researcher. "One moment a user may be bored, and the next moment, the same user may be overwhelmed. Measuring mental workload, frustration and distraction is typically limited to qualitatively observing computer users or to administering surveys after completion of a task, potentially missing valuable insight into the users' changing experiences."
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