wearable mobile augmented Copyright© 2008 Isabel
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concept: digital life Reality-shifting media leads subjects
toward conceptualizing their lives in terms of digital storage. This is not a
new concept, but the proliferation of mobile devices to collect, store, and
recall digital events makes the notion of “digital life” more plausible. Click > 6/25/08 > LifeSharing>
Adrian Cockcroft discusses “powerful handhelds
[that] could power what he called computer-assisted telepathy — permanent
connections to alternate "worlds" such as Second Life — as well as
"lifesharing," where people could be permanently connected to a
network of friends.” [Computerworld article] 2/20/2008 > Momenta PC > neck-worn computer, still prototype > The Momenta PC is a finalist in Microsoft's Next-Gen PC Design Competition that you strap to your neck. It records your whole life in an active buffer > Designer(s): Lauren Brenneman 5/01/08 > MyLifeBits Project > “MyLifeBits is a lifetime store of everything” 01/01/07 > “A Digital Life” Scientific American
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