The Public Mood Ring was first exhibited at ISEA2006 ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge & the Thirteenth International Symposium of Electronic Art AUGUST 7-13, 2006. Below are some of links for its reception:

NBC 11.com August 7, 2006

MSNBC August 9, 2006

networked_performance at Turbulence.org

Changing Interiors, we make money not art.com

artificialeye.tv, August 11, 2006