[LINK] Emotional States Language: XML Smiley Faces?
andrew clarke
mail at ozzmosis.com
Mon Jul 31 19:25:37 AEST 2006
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
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