Smart Phones with 'Stress Sense'

August 20, 2012 11:45
Smart Phones with 'Stress Sense'

strains which inturn leads to chronicle illness. And ofcourse that leads to extensive medication and expenses which again lead to further stress and the cycle continues. While the latest CineSprint is your own stress buster just a click away on the top of this page (chuckles!). Well now let us get back to the core issue, suppose if we are advised on when we feel a little stressful! Thereby alerting us of immediate remedial measures, so that the issue does not turn into illness.

Well good gracious, going with the trends it could be possible down the line. However many of us feel that, should we carry an additional burden in our pockets. Well even if that is solved then nothing like gold, yippee! A recent research suggests that Smart Phones shall use 'Stress Sense' to identify voice patterns to suggest when the user is under stress. New Scientist quoted Hong Lu of Intel in Santa Clara, California,  developed the system  that could identify stress through one's voice patterns. To do this the plug-in 'BeWell', right now available for Android phones first has to read the unstressed voice of the person. To do this under normal conditions the subscriber has to read a 3 minute passage. 'BeWell', uses a phone's accelerometers and GPS sensors to record users' activity and sleep levels. This new apps sis sure to impress the onlookers while it is exhibited at the Ubicomp conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, next month.

Then the software shall compare the recording to its pre-programmed knowledge of the physiological changes that stress induces like speaking at a faster rate and a clipped frequency spectrum. And with this backup 'Stress Sense' evaluates, each time we speak  on the smartphone. The software in your mobile enables you to set it for through out the day monitoring or on a call to call basis.  (With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)

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Stress Sense  Smartphones  BeWell  Hong Lu  Intel