A love tester machine (also called ''love meter'' or ''love teller'') is a type of amusement personality tester machine, which upon receiving credit tries to rate the subject's

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, love abilities or romantic feelings for someone. Many love testers measure the moisture on the skin surface of the subject's hands by electrically testing the

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and rates accordingly. Others measure the temperature of the skin. However, some machines just use a random generator. Love meters could be found in

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s, and can be seen in modern

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s, in bars and restaurants. Such

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s are for amusement purposes only and do not actually give a real result.

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, before entering the video game industry, released their own handheld love tester.

Digital versions

'' Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection'' includes a simulation of a real world love meter. Similar games can also be found on the

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or as

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s. Software love testers are based on randomness, on various user inputs or on a questionnaire and an algorithm. Only serious surveys and analyses can thereby aim to give a real result.

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