This article from at Technology Review
Audio Software for the Moody Listener
Have a big music collection? Try organizing it by feeling.
The more music you have, the tougher it can be to find the right song. Researchers at the University of Munich in Germany think they have a solution: a digital music player that maps songs by mood.
Programs such as Apple’s iTunes have the drawback of requiring their users to scroll through endless lists, says Otmar Hilliges, a graduate student in the Munich research group. “A lot of people who own iPods tell me they don’t read the list anymore,” he notes. “They remember where spatially on the list their favorite artists are and scroll — remembering how long it takes to get to the artist they want.” But this trick isn’t much help if you’re searching through several thousand songs….read more
