Wearable Tech Helps an MIT Scientist Remember His Whole Life

Neo Mohsenvand with the Fluid Interfaces team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab is developing and testing wearable technology designed to improve emotion regulation, decision-making, or memory retrieval, reports Quartz . The Mnemo project may also have potential to help people burdened by memory loss. Mohsenvand is collecting an archive of information, including the faces he sees, the objects he interacts with, and the patterns surrounding him to help this research. He says he has amassed a "collection of his memories" by wearing equipment that allows him to record video and his physiological changes. Mohsenvand has built a "sort of memory amplification system," which condenses the day into five minutes while highlighting "important moments." He notes he has learned to appreciate the little things that make him happy thanks to this research. Mohsenvand also says his work was inspired by his time looking after his grandmother, who was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He thinks a virtual reality experience such as the kind he is developing could help such persons by making their memories instantly accessible externally.