An e-memory is a type of interactive external personal memory. In a decade, it will be used to capture, store and find all of one’s past experiences, or those of others who have been immortalized. The e-memory machine is part of a network that preserves data, a familiar example of which might be sports broadcasts. This is built by digitizing previous stuff, logging life/health/notes/stories, and using it privately or possibly in business; a list of ten kinds of startups is provided. Wearable biosensors and environmental links round out applications for health, education, work and security, e.g. involving clusters of relationships over time, or perfect historical knowledge. Science now includes Gray’s paradigm of source materials in addition to observation, theory and simulation, where the model shapes understanding, This book is a type of presentation; videos are another. Other examples are large wallsavers or MyCyberTwin personas.Readers probably have a field day considering potential futures. There are now many disparities between various selective memories, e.g. w.r.t official agendas. Digital divide still needs resolution. Authenticity and privacy become more significant. Definition of IP requires clarification. Standards may change the notion of identity, e.g. via memory exchange. Open-source memory seems possible.
See totalrecallbook.com. Thanks.
