<![CDATA[io9: Computer Dating]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Computer Dating]]> http://io9.com/tag/computer dating http://io9.com/tag/computer dating <![CDATA[What Happens When Security Cameras Get Involved With Matchmaking]]> What if Big Brother was hijacked by Big Cupid? DreamWorks' new movie Good Looking shows a future dating service that uses surveillance camera footage to match lonely hearts without fail. Well, almost without fail. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5191353&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Meet Your Mate With Operation Match, the First Computer Dating Service (1965)]]> In 1965, two enterprising students from Harvard, Jack Tarr and Vaughan Morrill, dreamed up the idea of a computerized dating service. Aided by David Crump and Douglas Ginsburg (in 1987 he withdrew his name from nomination to the Supreme Court after admitting to—gasp!—smoking pot in college), they put their idea in motion and created "Operation Match." Clients paid $3.00 and filled out a 110-item questionnaire that, in addition to the usual statistics of age, height, weight, sex, included questions like the following . . . More »
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