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Microsoft Gadget Keeps Record of Your Life
An anonymous reader writes "SenseCam, touted as a visual diary of sorts by Microsoft Corp., is designed to be worn around the neck and take up to 2,000 images a 12-hour day automatically. The prototype responds to changes such as bright lights and sudden movements and might one day even respond to other stimuli such as heart rate or skin temperature -- to track medical problems as easily as to record a Hawaiian vacation."
I saw on a PBS Documentary of MIT kids doing this LONG before MS "Came up" with the idea!
You mean Stephen Baxter.
And the novel is called "Manifold: Time" - part of the Manifold trilogy, the other two of which are "Manifold: Space" and "Manifold: Origin"
Doesn't sound great for privacy, but I imagine we'll have to get used to this kind of thing -- how could you stop it? Ban the devices, you're stomping on rights. Take the devices to the logical end, you're invading privacy.
Check out Arcsoft's PhotoMontage or Collage Creator. They're not f/oss, but I can tell you from experience that PhotoMontage is damn cool.
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