I'm not sure if anyone has stumbled upon this, but as I am a frequent stumbler, I found this particularly interesting. It's a series of dots that, when put into motion, simulate a person walking. According to the information available, "It is based on walking data from 40 male and 40 female walkers. Using a motion capture system, their movements were recorded while walking on a treadmill." While it allows you to view a walker as being heavy/light, nervous/relaxed, happy/sad, and every physical depiction of emotions and weight in between, what I find most interesting (as well as pertinent to this class) is the slide that changes between "male" and female." When you slide the bar over to the "male" side, the walking figure looks more confident, sure of itself, and perhaps jovial. And when you slide the bar over to the "female" side, the figure looks uptight, nervous, wary, and dainty--verging on fragile. I think that, because this motion program was created using actual data from male and female bodies, this can tell us a lot about how gendered emotions dictate our physical movement and appearance, even down to how the bones and muscles move and interact with each other.
http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
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