The FuChat Detects Anger and Responds With It
Apparently, eco-friendly WiFi routers aren’t the only thing D-Link is in to. The FuChat, as it so appropriately named, is a cordless phone capable of making internet and land-line phone calls. That’s not all, this phone also has the function to detect changes of tone in a person’s voice and changes in body temperature, alerting the user of their current emotional state through an emoticon on the phone’s exterior, almost like the Robometer. The phone is made up of biodegradable plastic (that’s good for the environment, folks).
We can only imagine tampering with this phone to make it respond to emotions via audio samples. “You’re being an emotional cunt” and “quit your whining, sissy” are some examples of responses I’d love to see this phone tell its user. Anger management problems? This is the phone for you.
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By now everyone in the world knows all about MySpace, and everyone and their mom has one in America. It was cool back when you were a freshman in high school, but once you get out of that stage then its time to either delete it altogether or keep it but don’t be completely obsessed over it. It is a little funny when people pour all of their emotions into their page, so maybe some of those obsessed kids (or adults) should keep theirs just for our own comic relief. It seems as if MySpace wants to dominate more of the world, for they are opening up the flood gates to France. It is said that MySpace is doing this to attract more users; doesn’t MySpace already have enough users? I mean, are 145 million people or whatever not enough for the “greatâ€? MySpace? Maybe they just realized that everyone is getting entirely sick of it, and so they need fresh meat (AKA Europe) to fill the void. One thing is for sure: MySpace is losing popularity. The stats tell it like it is: YouTube has just past MySpace on Alexa. Yes folks, the trend is changing; people would now rather see people make stupid movies than read blogs from emo kids. — Nick Rice