Keeping your finger on the pulse when buying shares

posted by John Lampard on Monday, 19 October, 2009 to the technology subset

The EmoBracelet will warn you if a decision to buy a particular parcel of shares is being made with an excess of emotion.

The electronics company Philips and the financial giant ABN Amro yesterday announced the prototype of a device that warns traders when emotions are likely to interfere with their financial acumen and distort the wisdom of buying or selling shares. The gadget, called an EmoBracelet, measures electrical signals from users’ skin to assess their emotional state. The technology is similar to a lie detector recognising the nervousness behind a fib.

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