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Title: The New Face of Emoticons - Duncan Graham-Rowe, Technology Review Post by: Mark David on April 14, 2007, 09:01:27 AM Warping photos could help text-based communications become more expressive. Computer scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a way to make e-mails, instant messaging, and texts just a bit more personalized. Their software will allow people to use images of their own faces instead of the more traditional emoticons to communicate their mood. By automatically warping their facial features, people can use a photo to depict any one of a range of different animated emotional expressions, such as happy, sad, angry, or surprised.
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