Thursday, February 14, 2008

Quirky Asia Files: Korean Phones Detect Love!

Seriously!

Some new cellphones in South Korea claim to detect the level of love in the caller's voice.

Blurb:
Valentines Day in South Korea means chocolates, romantic dinners and a high-tech mobile phone device that can secretly check the passion in the voice of a lover.

The "Love Detector" service from mobile operator KTF uses technology that is supposed to analyse voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection.

"We created this service because we thought people would want to know what others were feeling about them," said Ahn Hee-jung, a KTF official.

(Meanwhile, new cellphones in North Korea claim to detect the level of treason in the caller's voice. JUST KIDDING.)

1 comment:

Brian J. Dunn said...

Minerva,

You are right about North Korea. But the technology is much simpler.

Having a cell phone detects the presence of treason.