norman
8th September 2013, 02:07
Loughborough University has created software that tracks 2000 tweets per second, to assess the public mood.
The spin on it claims it could help Police predict demos etc....
audio of BBC news item:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qs53zc
Daily Mail reprt:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414199/The-Emotive-software-System-analyse-nations-mood-reads-2-000-tweets-second.html
New Scientist report of something by the same name covering voicemail from earlier:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524813.100-voicemail-software-recognises-callers-emotions.html
The spin on it claims it could help Police predict demos etc....
audio of BBC news item:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qs53zc
Daily Mail reprt:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414199/The-Emotive-software-System-analyse-nations-mood-reads-2-000-tweets-second.html
New Scientist report of something by the same name covering voicemail from earlier:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524813.100-voicemail-software-recognises-callers-emotions.html