A group of psychologists interested in human-computer interaction. We are based in University College Cork. http://patlaboratory.com/
18/09/2014
School of Applied Psychology | Culture Night Cork City 2014 - Official site As part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations SOAP invites you to a fun, informative, interactive introduction to psychology led by the staff and students behind the research being carried out in the School – we look forward to seeing you!
11/04/2014
“It knows when you're there and can tell how you're feeling, and it knows how to respond accordingly,” says Carey. “We've tried to make it as human as possible, down to the smallest details, like its pupils dilating when a new person comes into the room" - SociBot is designed to imitate your friends, but will it just creep you out?
SociBot: the 'social robot' that knows how you feel Capable of mimicking human expressions and emotions, the SociBot is designed to bring a human touch to teleconferencing – or to imitate your friends.
09/12/2013
Microsoft designs wearable computing to sense and alert people to elevated stress levels - and uses it to build a bra designed to stop women engaging in 'emotional overeating'. Misogynistic computing at its best or a useful intervention?
This Smart Bra Will Stop You From Eating Your Feelings. Ladies, Rejoice! My sisters, something wondrous has happened. Researchers at Microsoft are developing a smart bra that alerts women to their stress levels, so that they might avoid “emotional overeating.” According to the BBC, the blueprint “contains removable sensors that monitor heart and skin activity to provide…
27/11/2013
Google Glass for the follicly challenged is on the way.
Sony's Play For Elderly Tech Fans: A Wearable Smart Wig? Sony’s engineers have filed a patent for a new form of wearable tech, only this one differs from the watches and glasses currently doing the rounds. Sony’s come up with the idea of a smart wig, with embedded rumble tech to tap the wearer on the scalp when they get a message.
30/10/2013
Today we're receiving a demonstration of Occulus Rift virtual reality technology. Here's Jurek on a rollercoaster!
15/08/2013
Facebook use predicts a decline in subjective well-being according to this study from the University of Michigan.
Using Facebook makes you sad, according to a new study Maybe you already knew this from your own experiences, but a newly-published academic study from the University of Michigan (via The LA Times) has found that people tended to feel worse ...
10/08/2013
The Computer Game That Helps Therapists Chat to Adolescents With Mental Health Problems | MIT... Adolescents with mental health problems are particularly hard for therapists to engage. But a new computer game is providing a healthy conduit for effective communication between them
22/06/2013
Twitter Makes Crowds Less Predictable: Scientific American The protests in Turkey demonstrate the social physics of highly connected crowds
17/06/2013
Brains as cat detectors - I like it.
Now You Can Build Google's $1M Artificial Brain on the Cheap | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com Andrew Ng wants to help usher in a new age of deep learning -- an emerging computer science field that seeks to mimic the human brain with hardware and software -- into the DIY era.
16/06/2013
The Psychology of Video Games Examining the intersection of psychology and video games
15/06/2013
I really want one.
Some Random S**t You Can Ask Glass Do you have Glass? I don't. But here are 20 random things you can ask Glass to search for.
Cool video on why Apple have been so successful and the future of user design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOzQP8fwYo&feature=youtube_gdata_player