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This Cell Phone Can Tell When You're In Love

by Will Safer on February 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM

KTF logoThere's an old journalism adage: "If your grandmother says she loves you, check it out."

Well, the folks at Korean mobile operator KTF may have the technology to let you do just that. They claim their "Love Detector" service can analyze a cell phone conversation to determine which voice patterns indicate honesty, surprise, affection, and, yes, love.

The phone subscriber receives a text message following a conversation with the evaluation. To take this even further, if two subscribers have a video conference call over their cell phones they can watch a "love meter" bar indicator on the screen of their handsets.

The service costs a flat-fee of about $1.59 per month.

Intrigued by this technology but not willing to take a trip to Korea to try it out? Maybe the Kish Kish Lie Detector for Skype will satisfy your interest, although be warned: once you install this add-on to the popular Voice Over IP service it's tough to remove. (You'll have to install Skype first. Want to learn more about this cool service? Click here.)

Perhaps on Valentine's Day, it's best just to say "I love you" to your sweetheart, and leave the doubting for another day.

From Reuters.

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Tags: breaking+news, detector, lie, love, polygraph, skype, top, valentine

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