Wireless Biosensor to Measure Human Emotions - Affectiva's Q™ Sensor

Affectiva Launches Wearable Biosensor to Measure Human Emotions; MIT Media Lab Spin-Off's Q Sensor Now Available in Commercial Beta - Affectiva's Q™ Sensor biosensor is now commercially available in beta form the company said today at the Future Forward Executive Forum, where Affectiva is a featured company.

Affectiva is an MIT Media Lab spin-off developing multiple technologies to measure and communicate emotion. The Q Sensor is a wireless, wearable biosensor that quantifies emotional excitement by measuring physiological responses including skin conductance (also called Galvanic Skin Response or GSR), motion and temperature. It provides an objective biomarker for measuring emotion information that is difficult or impossible to capture otherwise.

The device can help people break through major barriers to communicating their emotions. Unlike traditional questionnaires and focus groups, the Q Sensor measures participants' actual emotional signals rather than their self-reported reactions. Unlike standard GSR devices, its wireless, wristwatch-like form-factor makes it usable in natural settings outside of specialized labs.

The Q Sensor comes with downloadable software for visualizing and analyzing data

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