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Software Backs Up Human Memory

Posted by timothy on from the where'd-I-put-my-pda dept.

CWmike writes "Ever try to remember who you bumped into at the store a few days back? Well, you're not alone. And IBM researchers are working on software that just may help you better recollect all the forgotten pieces of your life. This week, the company unveiled Pensieve, software that stores images, sounds, and text on everyday mobile devices, then allows the user extract them later on, to help them recall names, faces, conversations and events. IBM's project is akin to one that Gordon Bell and other scientists at Microsoft Research have been working on for the past nine years."

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  1. Re:Pensieve? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Far be it from the summary to include a useful link: http://www.haifa.ibm.com/projects/imt/pensieve/

  2. Re:Pensieve? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The adjective "pensive" has the meaning you stated.

    "Pensieve," I believe, is a portmanteau of "pensive" and "sieve" or filter.

  3. Re:Pensieve? by Inner_Child · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, "pensive" means "in a state of thinking". "Pensieve" is a fictional device for remembering things in the Harry Potter universe. The name is actually quite appropriate.

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  4. And how much are they paying J.K. Rowling? by NoobixCube · · Score: 3, Informative

    The "pensieve" is a stone bowl that the user can put their memories in for viewing later, and was used to reveal some important plot points.

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