Comments on: Bio Mapping: Annotating The Environment With Emotional Data

Bio Mapping: Annotating The Environment With Emotional Data

jack_mo — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:42:20 -0800

The Bio Mapping tool allows the wearer to record their Galvanic Skin Response, which is a simple indicator of emotional arousal, in conjunction with their geographical location. By sharing this data we can construct maps that visualise where we as a community feel stressed and excited.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:52:00 -0800

Oops, I forgot to say that this is via The Map Room.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:35:36 -0800

Fun fact: GSR is also a physiological correlate of lucid dreaming.

By: Miko

Miko — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:37:26 -0800

whoa

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:47:01 -0800

I smell scientologists.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:53:18 -0800

Interesting how this could be used for law-enforcement/spying/narcotics raids/what_have_you. The places where drug deals go down, where illicit sex is gotten and/or had, etc. probably have high levels of arousal (yachtclub sneaky drink = speakeasy?). Rather than cruise the whole neighborhood, police could cross-reference maps like these with suspected places of ill repute and target them for surveillance/harrassment. Scary. I wonder how the signal to noise on something like that would be. On preview, also interesting to think how fast food/grocery stores/and_the_like could take advantage of this on a smaller scale, to track exactly where in the store you were when you got the impulse to buy whatever it is they're selling you. Was it when you looked at the poster? Or was it when you saw the previous customer's food order with its delicious presentation? "Can anybody tell me what's wrong with this picture? "

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:28:26 -0800

Just add Google, and you've got a lie detector for the masses. Will this tell us when we're fed up with invasion of privacy? Because I want to know.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:03:19 -0800

We call it the Voigt-Kampf for short.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:33:22 -0800

Interesting how this could be used for law-enforcement/spying/narcotics raids/what_have_you. Yeah, I can see a lot of criminals signing up to wear a combined galvanic skin response 'n' GPS device to supply the cops with their data ;-) On preview, also interesting to think how fast food/grocery stores/and_the_like could take advantage of this on a smaller scale, to track exactly where in the store you were when you got the impulse to buy whatever it is they're selling you. They pretty much do that already via eye-tracking.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:42:43 -0800

Shouldn't this be linked to sunglasses that turn black when your stress levels get too high?

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:04:10 -0800

Interesting idea- but I wish the information presented in the maps was a bit more than "someone walked here; in this spot their readings went up and in this other spot they went down". At what scale are the GSRs mapped? In what time frame? Does the highest peak on a given path correlate to "imminent heart attack" or something less nerve-wracking? Perhaps the Greenwich Emotion Map Website is more informative; unfortunately, it failed to load.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:13:32 -0800

emotionmap.net appears to have fallen victim to the forces of mefi. coral cache isn't resolving either. fwiw, here's the google cache.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:00:04 -0800

"how was your day, honey?" "Check the graph"

By: swlabr

swlabr — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:02:33 -0800

Is this something one could wear where one could tell if the other person was attracted, but only if you both were... to each other?? Wouldn't that be nice?

By: kingfisher, his musclebound cat

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:47:05 -0800

Is this something one could wear where one could tell if the other person was attracted, but only if you both were... to each other?? Wouldn't that be nice? Unless it never went off. Come to think of it, I guess I could pretend I have one now.

By: swlabr

swlabr — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:07:50 -0800

hahaha :) that is funny, true, but funny.... tragicom!

By: swlabr

swlabr — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:09:15 -0800

Unless it never went off. Come to think of it, I guess I could pretend I have one now. hahaha :) that is funny, true, but funny.... tragicom!