Smile! (It's mandatory) 8 Jul 2009

Acording to the Mainichi Daily News, employees at the Keihin Electric Express Railway in Japan will soon be subjected to computerised "smile checks" before clocking in for work each morning:

"The device analyzes the facial characteristics of a person, including eye movements, lip curves and wrinkles, and rates a smile on a scale between 0 and 100 percent using a camera and computer.

"For those with low scores, advice like 'You still look too serious,' or 'Lift up your mouth corners,' will be displayed on the screen.

"Some 530 employees of the Tokyo-based railway company will check their smiles with Smile Scan before starting work each day. They will print out and carry around an image of their best smile in an attempt to remember it."

[via io9 / Neatorama]