Headpiece Jabbing for Smiles

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happiness_Hat

[Lauren] has created a facial conditioning device dubbed the Happiness Hat. The hat measures a sensor at the wearer’s cheek to determine if the wearer is smiling. When the hat does detects the wearer is not smiling, it activates a servo that prods the wearer. This project is fairly unique in that it provides haptic bio-feedback of what the body is doing, a similar project to the Happillow. While the Happiness Hat seems to work for treating the outward symptoms of unhappiness, this is but an early step towards the droud.

28 komentar:

martin luther November 1, 2009 at 6:48 PM  

Does this, I think the other Wireless Sensor Network application notes do this too.

Otherwise you can make use of the vPrintf function to output data to the UARTs, see the above application note for examples if you require them.

kein,  November 3, 2009 at 7:23 PM  

Well, that’s one way to get a workout (and practice your kicks (and have fun) at the same time).

nino,  November 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM  

But that’s not football, it’s soccer!

medic,  November 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM  

We Americas are the ones who’ve perverted the names of sports, not the other way around. I’m still astounded why football (the real kind) and rugby aren’t more popular here..

jin,  November 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM  

English band, they get to use the PROPER NAME : J

wimpy,  November 3, 2009 at 7:28 PM  

cos you’re too wimpy to play contact sports without wrapping yourself in padding first?

modem,  November 3, 2009 at 7:28 PM  

tipuan sarcastic

nes,  November 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM  

This looks like awesome fun!

zorink,  November 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM  

and they even used an Arduino!

mega,  November 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM  

WTF are you talking about? I meant exactly the opposite (well, perhaps for the rest of the population, I can see your point).. though I don’t care much for contact sports. I prefer hanging off a cliff some 300′ off the ground ‘on the sharp end’..

monkeyslaver,  November 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM  

so there encouraging people to fake a smile…
hmmm i think i may make one for a few people…

caleb,  November 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM  

Her expression is priceless. it’s amazing how you can tell when someone has a forced smile.

joy,  November 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM  

Stimpy allready did this back in 1992.

Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy.

dmdl,  November 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM  

If there ever is a new contest for the most useless device I put my money on the “happiness hat”…

skitcy,  November 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM  

That’s the same smile everyone gives me :(.

That spike in the last picture is horrifying.

sujesh,  November 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM  

Design looks creepy. It kinda make me realize “No pain, no gain” haha. I would design something which tickles your neck.

dogys,  November 3, 2009 at 7:43 PM  

wait i got it. its to make the people around the wearer smile when they see that face lol

stimpy,  November 3, 2009 at 7:44 PM  

It might make you smile… won’t make you happy. Maybe a tazer happy hat would have a lobotomizing effect that would make you happy… sort of like Stimpy.

squid,  November 3, 2009 at 7:46 PM  

that hat needs to be destroyed right now. lest the design be intercepted and reproduced by retail stores like gamestop and apple that will force their miserable employees to wear them.

demon,  November 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM  

EVIL! I enjoy being grumpy dammit!

seth,  November 3, 2009 at 7:49 PM  

If you smile a lot, your brain will think you are happy. It will release more endorphins. And you will feel happier.

brano,  November 3, 2009 at 7:51 PM  

I am getting some serious dystopia vibes here lol. Funny and creepy at the same time.

concino,  November 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM  

Forced smile is worst than natural frown IMHO. I still like the idea though. Lauren’s expression was priceless when she forced a smile. It looks like this thing really hurts.

defect,  November 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM  

Walmart has ordered 100000 of them for their greeters.

Louis II,  November 3, 2009 at 7:54 PM  

The Mind Snatchers, here we come!

Also… does this remind you of what the Assimilation Programs conducted by the US over Native People of the US area? Boarding schools…?

Anyway… creepy shit, man.

VonSkipy,  November 3, 2009 at 7:54 PM  

She’ll make a fortune selling them to the Japanese. There ALL workers must be happy ALL the time or ELSE (else like they get sent to happiness training school – not kidding).

smart planet,  February 24, 2010 at 6:38 PM  

not too smart

siewneorogy,  February 26, 2010 at 6:16 PM  

i thiunk not

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