Face Reader
From: Wired Science - 10/03/2007
Ziya Tong meets children with Asperger's Syndrome testing a new MIT media lab
  device that reads facial expressions.  

Children with Asperger's Syndrome Test Facial-Recognition Software

In our everyday communication, we are constantly monitoring other people's
facial and body cues to discern whether we are enrapturing them, boring them,
or confusing them - such that we can maintain or change our social tactics
accordingly. But people are born with different degrees of this ability, and
some need a little help. People with autism spectrum disorders like
Asperger's—a social disorder that some scientists believe has afflicted
the world's greatest geniuses, including Einstein, often have trouble
deciphering what other people are thinking or feeling. As a result, they
frequently make poor social judgments. 

But with the help of a new tool developed by the MIT Media Lab, this problem
may someday be a thing of the past. Researchers have developed "mind-reading"
software consisting of a tiny camera that clips onto a person's clothing and
analyzes the facial expressions of others, reporting the results back to the
wearer via a tiny earpiece. While the device isn't foolproof - like the best
of us, it sometimes misjudges expressions, researchers hope that with further
tweaking, it might one day serve as a learning device or prosthesis for
people with social disorders. 

Join host Ziya Tong as she visits the Groden Learning Center in Rhode Island,
where the device is being tested and fine-tuned on a group of Asperger's
students. Learn, too, why Asperger's is sometimes called "The Geek Syndrome".
If you're a geek, and we know you are, you might have come across a number of
people with the disorder without even realizing it. 

View the video at:
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/video/100-face_reader_ep_101_.html

Links:
The Social-Cue Reader
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/bgrh/vpost?id=1566361

Mind-Reading Computers Could Help Those with Autism
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/51371.html

ESP: Emotional Social Intelligence Prosthesis
http://affect.media.mit.edu/projectpages/esp/