iPad Training Application Can Read Your Emotions.

Mindflash stirred up a whirl of controversy last month with the FocusAssist feature in its iPad software training app, which lets you create self-paced, on-demand training instructions and presentation materials.

FocusAssist monitors the attention of someone watching a training course or presentation and pauses the Mindflash app when the person looks away. Mindflash plans to expand this capability in future offerings that will read a person’s emotions. More on that in a minute.

Some have raised Big Brother concerns about the fact that Mindflash collects information via FocusAssist on when people look away, causing the program to pause.

The Atlantic weighed in with the most damning, glass-is-way-more-than-half-empty reaction to FocusAssist, leading its article with:

“It's hard to imagine a creepier educational technology than 'FocusAssist.'