Cell phone turned lie detector...

Cell Phone Lie Detector
04-May-2003



New cell phones can send messages and take photos. Now for $35, your cell phone can become a lie detector too. The Truster, Emotion Reader TNF-100A, from 911Tech Co. judges the voice intonations of the people you're speaking to in order to determine their "emotional, cognitive, and physiological" states and can tell you whether or not they're lying.
It's about the size of a small MP3 player, and fits in the palm of your hand. You can take voice sample by simply pointing the device at the speaker, or you can connect it to your cell phone if you want to question someone at a distance.

As the person speaks, symbols are shown on the screen. A partially eaten apple denotes truthfulness, while a lid being blown off a pot shows stress and lies.

www.unknowncountry.com...

This could be the end of marriage as we know it!

I will wait until mobile phones make you an espresso on the way to work... and then pour you a nice cold beer after work...

"to determine their "emotional, cognitive, and physiological" states and can tell you whether or not they're lying."

Highly improbable on the physiological level. After all, you can't take blood out of a voice. Cognitive could be argued via computers and AI.. the emotional- where would the line be drawn? Too many things could go wrong in the integration of these as well. There is no way this is a rigidly scientific instrument. It can't imply causation, therefore its opinion does not reflect reality 100% of the time. It ain't perfect.