Oct 18, 2009
A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched by a UK-based firm. Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer’s disease, it might one day be used by consumers to create “lifelogs” that archive their entire lives. … “What’s great about these kinds of memory technologies is that they can be very usable for ordinary people,” says Henry Kautz, a computer scientist at the University of Rochester, New York, who works on technology to assist cognition. “Once you have that mass market, that brings the prices down.” Eventually, he says, a SenseCam-like device could be part of an artificial memory used by ordinary people, just as they use notebooks and planners as memory aids today. New camera promises to capture your whole life - tech - 16 October 2009 - New Scientist

A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched by a UK-based firm.

Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer’s disease, it might one day be used by consumers to create “lifelogs” that archive their entire lives.

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“What’s great about these kinds of memory technologies is that they can be very usable for ordinary people,” says Henry Kautz, a computer scientist at the University of Rochester, New York, who works on technology to assist cognition.

“Once you have that mass market, that brings the prices down.” Eventually, he says, a SenseCam-like device could be part of an artificial memory used by ordinary people, just as they use notebooks and planners as memory aids today.

New camera promises to capture your whole life - tech - 16 October 2009 - New Scientist

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