I hope the inventors would soon be able to detect countless shrugs when the users would first encounter this bizarre technology. The ‘real-time shrug detector’ shrugged out by some worn-out researchers at the University of Illinois is an attempt to trap things often communicated with their body movements.
The software reads the movement of shoulders and face to tell whether the ‘victim’ is confused or disinterested.
Pity, what a waste of time; just shrug it!
Via: newscientist
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