MyLifeBits is a project being conducted at Microsoft Research that focuses on developing systems to let people to record all aspects of their daily lives and store these recordings in a personal digital archive for use as memory aids, historical chronicles, and information for preventative medical treatment, among other things. According to Wikipedia, MyLifeBits is a project to create a "lifetime store of everything" ....every photograph snapped, home movie filmed, Web page browsed, e-mail scribbled, phone call made or bill paid.
Advancements in sensor and data storage, including the amazing growth of digital storage capacity, cheap sensors, and processors to efficiently retrieve, examine, and visualize immense volumes of data are making this concept possible. Using software to practically apply all this collected information is MyLifeBits' basic concept; its goal is the creation of a database that would allow users to carry out full-text searches, and also to rapidly retrieve memories via metadata tags.
Two challenges: If digital memory technology is to succeed, the security of digital archives must be ensured. Another challenge lies in guaranteeing that digital memory files will endure even as formats become obsolete.
According to Wired.com, "Someday, long after you're dead, your descendents will rummage through the minutiae of your life, eavesdropping on long-ago phone conversations, reading private e-mail exchanges and watching the video highlights of your existence."
Gordon Bell, Project Manager at Microsoft's Media Presence Research Group, state, "Someday, MyLifeBits will allow people to Google their own lives."
OK, catalogers: Get Ready!
Advancements in sensor and data storage, including the amazing growth of digital storage capacity, cheap sensors, and processors to efficiently retrieve, examine, and visualize immense volumes of data are making this concept possible. Using software to practically apply all this collected information is MyLifeBits' basic concept; its goal is the creation of a database that would allow users to carry out full-text searches, and also to rapidly retrieve memories via metadata tags.
Two challenges: If digital memory technology is to succeed, the security of digital archives must be ensured. Another challenge lies in guaranteeing that digital memory files will endure even as formats become obsolete.
According to Wired.com, "Someday, long after you're dead, your descendents will rummage through the minutiae of your life, eavesdropping on long-ago phone conversations, reading private e-mail exchanges and watching the video highlights of your existence."
Gordon Bell, Project Manager at Microsoft's Media Presence Research Group, state, "Someday, MyLifeBits will allow people to Google their own lives."
OK, catalogers: Get Ready!
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