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Via Info Aesthetic The free-downloadable book Emotional Cartography - Technologies of the Self is a collection of essays that explores the political, social and cultural implications of visualizing intimate biometric data and emotional experiences using technology. The theme of this collection of essays is to investigate the apparent desire for technologies to map emotion, using a variety of different approaches.  

Via Pasta & Vinegar                 Designer Dominic Muren has created a  device  that allows a civilian to feel the heartbeat of a soldier: I think we can all agree that war has become too impersonal. Media coverage emphasizes our distance, and most decision makers in congress don't have children who fight. Beat connects you very directly to a single soldier...

Via Pink Tentacle  Researchers at Meiji University have developed a robot face called "Kansei" that is capable of a wide range of emotional expressions. The robot is part of a program that...

Via IEET   Have a look at this thought-provoking article by Russel Blackford on affective communication in mediated environments: One of the main conclusions I’ve been coming to in my...

Via New Scientist Tech Anthony Boucouvalas and colleagues at Bournemouth University in the UK have created a system that contorts an image of a user's face to express different emotions,...