"Black Box" for Memory Loss
From: NASA Tech Briefs Insider - 10/09/2006

Researchers at Microsoft's Sensors and Devices Group in the United Kingdom
have developed a badge-sized wearable camera system that tracks movement of
the wearer. SenseCam captures up to 2,000 VGA images per day into 128 MB of
Flash memory, and tracks movement, light levels, and temperature every
second. The device could be used for people with Alzheimer's disease or other
types of memory loss. 

Similar to the way an aircraft "black box" functions, SenseCam triggers a new
image when the wearer enters a different room, capturing the room image with
an ultra-wide-angle lens. Other triggers include time, sudden movement, or
motion of other people. An accelerometer stabilizes the image during camera
motion. 

Those with memory loss could rewind the day's events to find out which people
and places they visited during the day. In the case of an accident, the
events and images leading to it would be recorded and could be used by
emergency medical personnel or doctors. 

Read the entire article at:
http://research.microsoft.com/sendev/project_sensecam.aspx

Links:
Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/cambridge/default.aspx

Tech boost for memory power
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/31/memory.sensecam/index.html

Microsoft SenseCam (2004)
http://www.mavromatic.com/archives/000065

SenseCam - the Black Box Flight Recorder for human beings
http://www.gizmag.com/go/2694/

SenseCam Camera: Your Personal Black Box Update
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=50

Sensors and Devices
http://research.microsoft.com/sendev/

Computer-mediated Living Group
http://research.microsoft.com/cml

Socio-digital Systems Group
http://research.microsoft.com/sds