[LINK] Emotional States Language: XML Smiley Faces?

[andrew clarke]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:47:38AM +1000, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> At 04:58 PM 28/07/2006, Tom Worthington wrote:
> >Is this a genuine project, or something left over from April Fools Day?
> 
> Beyond Tomorrow had an interview with MIT students in human something or 
> other who were developing a text character set to represent emotional 
> connotations. It was very easy to interpret once you knew the code. Jumping 
> letters represented happiness, wilty letters represented sadness etc. It 
> was rather crude, but interesting. I started thinking about how they might 
> use colour as well. (for those with html turned on in their mail:)  I am 
> really pissed off! But I could be persuaded to forgive you with chocolate. 
> Ah, that's much better!
> 
> I tried a google search but struck out. Seven doesn't have a webpage for 
> that show. It was a fascinating story, though.

http://www.beyondtomorrow.com.au/stories/ep45/text.html