We try to capture the most important moments, which are unique and important for us, e.g. marriage, holiday or birthday. But the most important memories are those, we don‘t perceive as such. The brain has a filter to separate important and banal ones. We assigned this filter to our memory system.
„MNEMO“ is a combination of hard- and software components. The hardware consists of a sensoric bracelet which is wireless related to an attachable camera. An appropriate software organizes the takes and makes them re-experienceable. The system has the function to capture the conscious and unconscious emotional moments of the life.
Emotional moments get rather saved by the brain as a memory than neutral experiences. When the sensors of the bracelet note an emotional change, the camera simultaneously creates a three second long video. This timing matches to the information processing of the brain. The finding of an emotional change happens by sensors, which are able to measure physiologic patterns of emotions like pulse, heart frequency, conductivity and temperature of skin. Other metadata’s like location, date and specific persons in my proximity get saved. If the user wants to take a picture consciously, he can separate the camera from its holder and activate the trigger. The appropriate software organizes and links the takes by location, time, person and emotion to a network. The user can interact with the network through an innovative three-axis-navigation to relive the memories.
The concept of „MNEMO“ combines evidence of the cognitive science, memory formation and interaction design. It provides an innovative approach to document especially emotional moments and episodic experiences in a new way.
