August 19, 2010 – A new iPhone app designed by researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE) to track a user’s happiness level has been launched in the UK. The app will establish users’ happiness in relation to their instantaneous environment. It aims at helping researchers to understand how people’s feelings are affected by their instant environment.
The app is designed arbitrarily to ask users how cheerful they are feeling at any time of a day. It will also register their locations at the time of responding. It also response the locations, which will then be linked to environmental data such as weather conditions, pollution and noise.
The app is designed arbitrarily to ask users how cheerful they are feeling at any time of a day. It will also register their locations at the time of responding. It also response the locations, which will then be linked to environmental data such as weather conditions, pollution and noise.
iPhone App will measure Happiness Level in UK.
Users will be asked how ‘happy’, how ‘awake’ and how ‘relaxed’ they are feeling. Brief contextual information on activity, companionship and location will also be collected. Outdoor users will also be able to contribute a photo. Noise levels will be measured via the iPhone’s microphone.
Speaking on the iPhone app that measures ‘happiness level’, Prof Lord Richard Layard from LSE said, “It is a revolutionary research idea. It is the best method so far developed for understanding how people’s emotions are affected by conception and natural environment in which they move.”
Charlotte
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