Scientists create app to predcit mood of in coming messages

10:46am Monday 11th June 2012 in News

Scientists create app to predcit mood of in coming messages Scientists create app to predcit mood of in coming messages

A mobile phone app which can help prevent the user from having a bad day by predicting the mood of incoming messages has been developed by Hampshire computer scientists.

Lorraine Chambers, a Master's student at the University of Portsmouth, has created the app which automatically colour-codes messages so people know before reading them if they are likely to make them feel good or bad.

The development, for Android phones, aims to prevent people being surprised by an angry or hostile message from Twitter, Facebook or text.

It would also allow smartphone users to prepare for bad news and allocate time to receive it.

Senior lecturer Mohamed Gaber, at the University of Portsmouth's School of Computing, said: ''We are increasingly sending and receiving information via messages on mobile phones.

''The rate of growth in this area has never been witnessed - everything from Twitter streams and Facebook messages to direct text messages are coming straight at us all the time on our handheld devices.

''This information has an immense power - whether we are reading a worrying social media news story or a warning email from our manager, messages can upset mood and increase stress level, just as good news and encouraging emails can cheer you up.

''The ultimate objective of this application is to make the user aware of the negative contents they receive so they are able to manage their stress in the best possible way.

''For example, if most of what is received from social media websites by a user on a particular day was negative, it is important that the user attempts to take an action in order to not get stressed, especially if this may affect the individual's performance at work and/or their behaviour at home.''

The app works by automatically colour-coding incoming messages as green for positive, red for negative and blue for neutral so a user can see before opening any message whether it is likely to be worrying or encouraging.

Comments(20)

Redondo Saint says...
11:11am Mon 11 Jun 12

Great title from a professional English newspaper!
Predcit?
in coming?

Does the DE have anyone checking for mistakes?

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Huffter says...
11:55am Mon 11 Jun 12

Perhaps someone could produce a phone app for checking spelling and grammar?

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Taskforce 141 says...
12:21pm Mon 11 Jun 12

Really? This is what we have scientists working on? What stunning new discoveries they will make...

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Shoong says...
12:24pm Mon 11 Jun 12

Wouldn't these scientists be better off, oohhh I dunno, trying to research sustainable crops or population control...

Just throwing that one in there.

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dango says...
12:49pm Mon 11 Jun 12

if you're going to have a sh!t day, you're going to have a sh!t day. This app sounds akin to 'duvet diving', bury your head in the sand, it may be bad news. Get real and deal with the downs in life, then you can appreciate the ups :)

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For pity sake says...
1:35pm Mon 11 Jun 12

Typical criterion for a Pompey Masters Degree: Detect "lol" or ";-)" and turn it green, else turn it red.

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Georgem says...
1:40pm Mon 11 Jun 12

Shoong wrote:
Wouldn't these scientists be better off, oohhh I dunno, trying to research sustainable crops or population control...

Just throwing that one in there.
You best be trollin' :)

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cantthinkofone says...
5:51pm Mon 11 Jun 12

If only someone could design some sort of software that checked the spelling of stuff. Some sort of 'check-spell' or 'spell-check' or something.

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Mr sheep says...
8:26pm Mon 11 Jun 12

wish they could make an app for my wifes moods ! now theres a challange

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jo2012 says...
8:18am Tue 12 Jun 12

they will be telling us what to write next ....they should put there knowlegde to better use like coming up wiv a way to drain all this flood water x

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Icklelady says...
9:38am Tue 12 Jun 12

BillyThekid... Definitely living up to the name.

Do men really do all the important jobs? Ever been to a female doctor? A female police officer? MP? Boss/manager?

And with regards to fixing computers... I spent 2 years as an Computer/Network engineer, fixing and building networks and computers beyond what most of the males I knew could comprehend.

Your sexist views are invalid and unwanted.

Now, have I given you all the attention you were seeking?

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Icklelady says...
9:39am Tue 12 Jun 12

*as a.

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For pity sake says...
10:08am Tue 12 Jun 12

Go Billy...

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BillyTheKid says...
11:41am Tue 12 Jun 12

Icklelady wrote:
BillyThekid... Definitely living up to the name.

Do men really do all the important jobs? Ever been to a female doctor? A female police officer? MP? Boss/manager?

And with regards to fixing computers... I spent 2 years as an Computer/Network engineer, fixing and building networks and computers beyond what most of the males I knew could comprehend.

Your sexist views are invalid and unwanted.

Now, have I given you all the attention you were seeking?
As we keep reading in the news, our health service and our education system are failing. Why ? Because most women want to be nurses or teachers.

Yes, there are a few women who can manage to do men's work, but only a few. The worst problem with women is you spend millions training them to do something useful, and then they clear off for years having babies ! When they come back, you have to train them all over again ! Waste of money......!

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For pity sake says...
1:46pm Tue 12 Jun 12

BillyTheKid wrote:
Icklelady wrote:
BillyThekid... Definitely living up to the name.

Do men really do all the important jobs? Ever been to a female doctor? A female police officer? MP? Boss/manager?

And with regards to fixing computers... I spent 2 years as an Computer/Network engineer, fixing and building networks and computers beyond what most of the males I knew could comprehend.

Your sexist views are invalid and unwanted.

Now, have I given you all the attention you were seeking?
As we keep reading in the news, our health service and our education system are failing. Why ? Because most women want to be nurses or teachers.

Yes, there are a few women who can manage to do men's work, but only a few. The worst problem with women is you spend millions training them to do something useful, and then they clear off for years having babies ! When they come back, you have to train them all over again ! Waste of money......!
To say nothing of having to tiptoe around them for one week in every four...

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Georgem says...
3:55pm Tue 12 Jun 12

Icklelady wrote:
BillyThekid... Definitely living up to the name.

Do men really do all the important jobs? Ever been to a female doctor? A female police officer? MP? Boss/manager?

And with regards to fixing computers... I spent 2 years as an Computer/Network engineer, fixing and building networks and computers beyond what most of the males I knew could comprehend.

Your sexist views are invalid and unwanted.

Now, have I given you all the attention you were seeking?
Err, your attitude to your male co-workers at that job is every bit as sexist as the one you're arguing against.

Always amusing to see misogyny attacked with misandry.

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Icklelady says...
10:15am Wed 13 Jun 12

In fact, when speaking about the "males I know," I was referring to friends and family who have themselves, previously said that they don't understand the work I do/couldn't do it themselves.

I was highlighting that women can do "male jobs" as well as men, and it swings both ways.

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BillyTheKid says...
12:39pm Wed 13 Jun 12

"Tina ! How nice to see you. You look tired. Been busy ?"

"Yeh. Gardening. I mowed the lawns front and back, and did the edges with that strim..string.....st
ringer thingy. I feel shattered."

"I know - strimmer. Why doesn't Jason do it ?"

"I dunno. He just lets me get on with it, I suppose."

"I do what most girls do - act dumb !"

"What ?"

"Well, if there's some hard job to do, like mowing the lawn, I get the stuff out and start struggling with it. Stewart comes out and shows me what to do, but then I pretend I can't push the mower properly. So he says, "Give it to me, I'll do it !", all macho and manly.....and well...job done ! Ha ! Ha !"

"I'll have try that !"

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Scott_OOOSH says...
2:43pm Wed 13 Jun 12

Surely the above shows that women know what they are doing and that, infact, we are the lesser sex because they know how to manipulate us?....

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BillyTheKid says...
7:20pm Wed 13 Jun 12

The majority of women AND men are deceitful, disingenuous, manipulative, rude, insensitive, uncaring, arrogant, dismissive, cruel and utterly tiresome to a greater or lesser extent every day. With the exception, of course, of anyone reading this, and myself !

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