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Machine aims to tell us why babies cry.

It’s the question that most distresses new parents: why is our baby crying?

Well, scientists working on a monitor that can interpret crying may just have the answer.

The technology, being developed by Japanese scientists, works by recording the sound of babies’ cries and their emotional state at the time.

They say this will lead to a simple formula to work out exactly what a baby wants when it gets upset.

The team at Muroran Institute of Technology, in Hokkaido, claim they have already been successful at differentiating between cries of pain and others. It’s only a matter of time before they identify the rest.

“As any new parent knows, babies have a very loud method of revealing their emotional state - crying,” says Prof Tomomasa Nagashima, who is involved with the study.

“Unfortunately, the parenting handbook does not offer guidance on how to determine what the crying means.

“The technique might one day be incorporated into a portable electronic device or app to help parents and carers decide on a course of action when their child is crying.”

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