Unconscious transmission of human feelings
Mitsuhiko Karashima, Yuko Ishibashi · 2006 SICE-ICASE International Joint Conference · 2006
This paper was focused on the next generation of ubiquitous services by using ubiquitous networks and devices. This paper was especially focused on the transmission services of feelings to others. In the paper, some conventional transmission services of feelings were introduced and a few of the unconscious transmission services of feelings to both specific targets and multiple targets were pointed out. The paper proposed two examples of the new services that would enable the users to transmit their feelings unconsciously to others by using ubiquitous networks and devices. These services were proposed through the PRESPE (participatory requirements elicitation using scenarios and photo essays) approach and called respectively the "aura transmission system" and "back scratcher system". The "aura transmission system" was an example for unconscious transmission of human feelings to multiple targets in a public space. The "back scratcher system" was an example for unconscious transmission of human feelings to specific targets in private. Further discussion about the usefulness and possible negative influences on human nature or society by the new services was done, and the future research efforts of these services were described in this paper