Lie Detector Glasses Coming Soon

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Lie Detector Glasses Coming Soon

Posted by michael on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @08:51AM from the horn-rimmed dept.

Zelphyr writes "The EE Times is reporting on a product soon to be released by an Israeli company that allows the wearer of special glasses to tell whether the person they are talking to is telling a lie. Not only that, they can tell you whether someone loves you! Apparently a PC version of the 'love detector' is in the works as well. Think my Windows box will be upset when it knows how much I hate it?"

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Hard facts. by shystershep · 2004-01-20 08:51 · Score: 4, Funny

V Entertainment claims the love detector has demonstrated 96 percent accuracy.
Oh, good. I'm glad that they have tested this empirically and have hard numbers for us.

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1. Re:Hard facts. by EnigmaticSource · 2004-01-20 09:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  For the lysdexics out there, it's 96% accurate, not actuate at predicing a 69.
  
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2. Re:Hard facts. by Hogwash+McFly · 2004-01-20 09:48 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Think my Windows box will be upset when it knows how much I hate it?"
  
  I think it might well be! As revenge it could possible start deleting random files, crash just before you capture the flag in that clan game and keep resetting preferences to default.
  
  Oh, wait...
  
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3. Re:Hard facts. by Patrik_AKA_RedX · 2004-01-20 11:05 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  So THAT's what Indian women have on their forehead. I always thought it was something religious.
4. Re:Hard facts. by Simonetta · 2004-01-20 11:08 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Most guys come with pretty straight-forward love detectors: they're called 'erections'.
  
  Ladies, if you see one, there's a 96% chance that the guy's in love with you.
  
  You don't need any special glasses.
5. Re:Hard facts. by smallfeet · 2004-01-20 13:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Well, maybe they do in some cases.
Problem With This by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 08:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Better keeps this away from any large group of politicians... it just might explode.
1. Re:Problem With This by happyfrogcow · 2004-01-20 09:05 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  just in time for the State of the Union address tonight!
  
  Even the rounds of applaus would trigger the glasses.
2. Re:Problem With This by Lumpy · 2004-01-20 09:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Better keeps this away from any large group of politicians... it just might explode.
  
  they ran preliminary tests this month in IOWA with the democratic nominees..
  
  of the four subjects that tested the glasses, 3 of them screamed "My Eyes! I'm Blinded!" where as the fourth simply equated the experience with an acid trip he had in the late 70's.
  
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Meetings might be useful! by ericspinder · 2004-01-20 08:52 · Score: 4, Funny
Ultimately, the company plans to offer versions of its detectors for cell phones, dating services, teaching aids, toys and games.
I can imagine it now, a wristwatch which will vibrate when it hears bullshit or better yet one that screams "BULLSHIT". That whould be a lot of fun in meetings! Also, it would be nice to get truthful answers to these questions:
- Are you going to over-charge me. (at the dealership for service and purchase)
- Are you cheating on me (for your spouse)
- Are you selling your vote to special interests (for your congressman)
- Did you, George start a war to (at least in part) supply oil contract for your buddies?
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That's nice and all.. by RailGunner · 2004-01-20 08:52 · Score: 4, Funny

... but where are the X-Ray glasses promised to us in the throngs of comic books of our youth? Hmmm?
1. Re:That's nice and all.. by Rune+Berge · 2004-01-20 09:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They realized that the skeleton-fetishist market is too marginal.
2. Re:That's nice and all.. by Picard42 · 2004-01-20 09:17 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ... but where are the X-Ray glasses promised to us in the throngs of comic books of our youth? Hmmm?
  
  Those turned out to be a fraud, so I ordered the George Atlas body-building kit, stayed up all night lifting weights, and beat up the manufacturers of the glasses the next day.
  
  Seriously, though, this invention sounds like an absolute nightmare. Do you really want to know every time your wife fakes an orgasm? And trust me, if you're on Slashdot, she does.
For most Slashdotters... by digital_milo · 2004-01-20 08:53 · Score: 4, Funny

It will end up being a 'just wanna be friends' detector.
I can hear airport security now... by GoNINzo · 2004-01-20 08:54 · Score: 5, Funny

'Hey Bob, take a look at this. I think this guy is lying about packing his own bag!'
'No Joe, you're reading it wrong, he just wants to fuck you.'

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As if Windows cared.... by eschasi · 2004-01-20 08:55 · Score: 4, Funny

The poster writes:
Think my Windows box will be upset when it knows how much I hate it?

Do you seriously think your Windows box cares if you love it or not? If it did, it'd be treating you much better.
Everything I say is wrong. by CGP314 · 2004-01-20 08:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Israeli company that allows the wearer of special glasses to tell whether the person they are talking to is telling a lie. Not only that, they can tell you whether someone loves you!

I was going to make a joke about these glasses telling me that the Israeli CEO was lying about the usefulness of his product, but then I realized I'd fallen into a logic paradox. : (

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Forget love... by mobiux · 2004-01-20 08:58 · Score: 5, Funny

How about the "open to one night stand" detector.
Compatibility Issues by Shut+the+fuck+up! · 2004-01-20 08:58 · Score: 5, Funny

I bet they are not compatible with beer goggles.
Re:Problem With This... they'll be illegal! by rajafarian · 2004-01-20 08:58 · Score: 5, Funny

If these work with at least 90% "accuracy" I say our elected politicians ban these, citing "national security!"
Whoa. by American+AC+in+Paris · 2004-01-20 08:59 · Score: 5, Funny

From the article:
Our products were originally for law enforcement use -- we get all our technology from Nemesys-co...
Nemesys-co? What, are they a division of the E-Ville Group or something?

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I'm getting a pair. by grub · 2004-01-20 09:02 · Score: 5, Funny

You wouldn't believe how often women lie when you ask them "Are you carrying pepper spray?"

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Just don't give it to you girlfriend by KingJoshi · 2004-01-20 09:03 · Score: 4, Funny

I know, that's not a problem for most slashdotters, but..

Do I look fat in this?
Did you like the meal I made?
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I can see disaster and a lot of broken relationships.

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Re:Problem With This... they'll be illegal! by DoraLives · 2004-01-20 09:09 · Score: 4, Funny

I say our elected politicians ban these
A certain percentage of the population lies so comfortably and so easily that this sort of thing is useless for catching them in a lie. Guess which percentage of the population politicians are in?

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Better invention by t0ny · 2004-01-20 09:20 · Score: 4, Funny

a product soon to be released by an Israeli company that allows the wearer of special glasses to tell whether the person they are talking to is telling a lie.
I think they need to have these guys make glasses which detect if the person you are looking at has a bomb strapped to his waist.

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Re:90% accuracy? by Bullseye_blam · 2004-01-20 10:08 · Score: 4, Funny

It's ok if the lie detector is only 90% accurate; racial profiling can fill in the gaps.