PLN 21

The article "iPhone App Translates Baby's Crys" by Ki Mae Heussner, Ned Potter and Liam Berkowitz, is extremely important. It is about the new application for the iPhone, that was released last week, by Barcelona-based Biloop Technologic which can supposedly use "sound analysis technology" to tell the emotion being expressed by babies. This new app. can supposedly identify the five emotional states of hunger, fatigue, annoyance, stress or boredom, making it easier for parents to give their babies what they want. If this works, it will make new parents lives way easier. They wouldn't have to continually guess at what their child is begging for. It will also bring more relief to the general public, because there will be less babies crying in restaurant, stores, or on a really long flight. This will also reduce shaken baby syndrome, where in an attempt to stop the crying, a sitter or other person shakes the baby and severely injures it. With this new technology babies will be calmed and less will be shaken and injured. This technology can also be used in other ways, such as in espionage to identify voices. Voice recognition security systems to make things safer, or in translating from one language to another by helping to understand the emotion and message the person is trying to convey. So in general, if this technology really does work, it will make everyones’ lives better.