Future computers: Always listen, always understand

Let's face it frankly, that computers are sometimes tortured. Even if you have finished installing the program and enabling them to run, the computer can still make you scratch your head in frustration as usual.

Source: Gizmodo

Manufacturers are working hard to improve the computer to become more user-friendly, but hard drives look like Lego puzzle toys as the first step.

One of the many interesting ideas is the "touch" PC. This is a research project to improve human interaction with computers. Its ultimate goal is to check whether it can make a computer understand what users are feeling, thereby satisfying users' needs.

Dr. Jorg Voskamp of the Fraunhofer Institute of Technology Research, where the project leader said, " People can see my nuances, which somehow can predict the mood. But computers can't, therefore, there is always a lack of communication between people and machines . "

The system developed by Dr. Voskamp includes many tiny micro sensors embedded in a wool glove. They measure your body temperature, the electrical conductivity of the skin (in case you are sweating profusely) and even blood pressure. When a user plays a game, the way they react in the game will be closely monitored by the computer and "re-interpreted". In other words, they are looking for ways to program their computer to recognize their emotions.

" During the test period, we continuously show pop-up windows, ask users to tell me your current mood. Are you surprised? Fun? Or are you angry? Something like that ", Voskamp revealed.

According to him, the potential applications of this technology are distance education, gaming and even the health sector. A touch system can alert you that a colleague of yours is extremely scandalous, from there, promptly prevent any problems before it happens.

New sound

The Fraunhofer Institute of Technology is also the inventor of MP3, the most popular audio compression technology available today. Because of that, there must be a lot of ears that are easily heard when heard: the next sound technology Fraunhofer is developing is the Iosono.

" It's a new technology that delivers true 3D surround sound, which can really immerse you in deep music ," said Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg.

If you compare the 3D sound with the Iosono now, it is no different from the mono with the stereo. A whole new world of sounds will open to your ears with a set of speakers around the room.

Currently, Iosono technology has been used in some virtual reality environments. In the near future, they will be deployed in cinemas and the last stop is the family room.

" At this point, its price is very expensive. But Iosono has the ability to revolutionize every human music experience ," Brandenburg predicts.

The principle behind Iosono technology is the synthesis of wave fields. Instead of using a few pairs of speakers to emit "raw" sounds, the Iosono uses up to . 192 tiny speakers. Each of these speakers will react independently to the signals sent from the computer and create a multidimensional, deep and very deep sound.

With all these promising technologies, the computer world in the future will be both voyeuristic and understanding the emotions and ears.

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