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"This morning it became apparent that Apple had acquired Emotient, an artificial intelligence startup. This startup works with emotion KPIs, meaning they're in the business of watching your face and body to decide how you feel. With that information, Emotient aims to detect attention, engagement, and sentiment. Implications from their public presentation of business suggests that they've been aiming their business at advertisers - as well as other odd product creators on mobile platforms."

From period dramas to contemporary soap operas, the art of the television writer is to interweave characters and storylines into a satisfying whole.

The specificity of Facebook's advertising machine lets companies sidestep many potential pitfalls that could prevent them from launching a successful ad campaign. For Universal Pictures, one of the problems Facebook helped them sidestep was the fact that white Americans didn't really know what iconic rap group N.W.A. was, or that Ice Cube and Dr. Dre made music.

Called EmotionScan, the online feature linking facial expression to personal finance management skills was developed by the Bank of New Zealand in partnership with a psychologist, Dr Stuart Carr, and Swiss emotion software firm nViso.

"Amazon Rekognition to detect and recognize hundreds of thousands of individuals who are famous, noteworthy, or prominent in their field, from movies, television, politics, business, and sports. The Celebrity Recognition feature allows you to index and quickly search digital image libraries for celebrities based on your particular interest"

A new world is coming. It's scary. Freaky. Over the freaky line, if you will. But it is coming. Investors like Ron Conway and Marc Andreessen are investing in it. Companies from Google to startups you've never heard of, like Wovyn or Highlight, are building it. With more than a couple of new ones already on the way that you'll hear about over the next six months.