Walt Disney is working on a multimedia player that selects songs based on the owner’s latest mood via wrist sensors. The sensors, measure and collects body temperature, perspiration and pulse rate to build a profile of what music or video to play. Based on the profile, the device comes up a song or video to match the mood. If nothing is available in your media library to match your mood the player can download something new to do the trick. Using Tivo-esque qualities, the player will get better at matching media with the owner’s mood based on rejection or approval of the selections. Now for the quintessential Disney portion of the player, “the device could display animated cartoons when the owner is particularly happy”. I think Barry Fox from the New Scientist puts it best , ” Walt would surely be proud.” Especially when the devices starts downloading very non-Disney like material for when people are in that “special” mood.

Mood Player Patent

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