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Moodscope is "an online personal mood management tool that helps people grappling with depression or mood disorders to effectively measure and track their moods". It allows tracking your "ups and downs" and displaying them on a graph to better understand how your mood fluctuates over time. And yes, of course it allows sharing your scores with trusted friends so they can support you if you are down..

Positive Technology: Using Interactive Technologies to Promote Positive Functioning G. Riva, R.M. Baños, C. Botella, B.K. Wiederhold, A. Gaggioli Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (Online Ahead of Print: December 9, 2011) DOI Abstract. It is generally assumed that technology assists individuals in improving the quality of their lives. However, the impact of new...

A team of three designers, Oleg Imanilov, Zvika Markfield, and Tomer Daniel, have recently developed a novel sign language interpreter glove. Basically, the glove works as an input device...

MIT's Technology Review reports that Samsung researchers have released a smart-phone designed to "read" people's emotions. Rather than relying on specialized sensors or cameras, the phone infers...

Cued motor imagery in patients with multiple sclerosis. Neuroscience. 2012 Jan 8 Authors: Heremans E, Nieuwboer A, Spildooren J, Bondt SD, D'hooge AM, Helsen W, Feys P Abstract. Motor...