Amazon Is Working on a Device That Can Read Human Emotions
- Described as a health product, it would work with a mobile app
- Machines that can understand emotions are a sci-fi staple
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Amazon.com Inc. is developing a voice-activated wearable device that can recognize human emotions.
The wrist-worn gadget is described as a health and wellness product in internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg. It’s a collaboration between Lab126, the hardware development group behind Amazon’s Fire phone and Echo smart speaker, and the Alexa voice software team.