Joy. Sadness. Surprise. Fear. Disgust. Anger. These are all universal emotions, according to the theories of Psychologist Paul Ekman. Indeed, he also posits that contempt could also be a key emotion as well, although this is not as readily recognized as such by others.
Charles Darwin wrote in his 1872 book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that “facial expressions of emotion are universal, not learned differently in each culture”. There have been arguments both in favor and against ever since.
This year’s UHack Hackathon took place at the University of Miami for 24 hours between 21st and 22nd February. Participants were tasked with creating apps along the theme of “Hack for a Better U”, an open-ended topic, allowing for quite a variety of different interpretations. Kairos is proud to have been a local sponsor, and the provider of the first prize ($2,500 credit for use of our Kairos API facial recognition software).
I attended as a representative of Kairos, and spoke to the participants about the Kairos API and how it could be used in their projects. I was certainly amazed by the ingenuity of many of the students’ ideas and their creativity.
We work with people who are fascinated by subjects like Face Recognition and have seen even the most passionate people fail at getting their companies to adopt innovations that would help the company achieve competitive advantages.
What can be done to help convince risk-averse managers to take a chance on your new ideas?
Are you a marketer, keen to measure your success in the real, off-line world? Perhaps you are involved in digital out of home (OOH) marketing, or possibly you design store-front displays and ponder how effective they really are? If that is the case, then it could well be worth your while to undertake an IMRSV trial.