Photographic Memory: Wearable Cam Could Help Patients Stave Off Effects of
   Impaired Recall
From: Scientific American - 12/22/2011
By: Gary Stix

A wearable video camera may be able to slow the ravages of Alzheimer's disease 

Scientists are looking to the computer industry for alternative ways to help
Alzheimer's patients. One approach is centered on a small camera called
SenseCam, worn like a necklace, that snaps photographs automatically
throughout the day. The idea is to use the images not to replace memory but
to stimulate it. Each photograph can serve as a cue tapping into the web of
remembrances that collectively defines a person’s identity. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=photographic-memory

Links:
SenseCam at Microsoft Research
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/sensecam/

SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid
http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~nets4047/papers/hodges-senseCam.pdf

SenseCam: A wearable camera that stimulates and rehabilitates autobiographical
   memory
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21995708