Have you ever had an experience where you had something in your hand, you put it down somewhere and you forgot where it was. Well hopefully you wont get that feeling again, thanks to a handy little camera. The camera can fit in the palm of your hand, and can store up to 30,000 images, which is enough for two whole weeks. The camera is produced by Microsoft and takes photos of daily events every 30 seconds so they can be played back later at high-speed to jog the memory.
Researchers are testing the device on healthy elderly people who would typically struggle to recall memories as a result of ageing. It will happen to us all at some point. They tested it on a 63 year old woman and she would usually forget things after 5 days, but the camera increased her memory by 90%.
Dr Chris Moulin who is involved in the research, said: “It is very early days, but the signs are encouraging. Not only were the memories of the event recalled, but the emotions surrounding it were. It has the potential to help people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s and epilepsy as well as people who just struggle with general memory loss. And what is also particularly appealing is that there are no side effects.”
Personally I think my memory is fine, but it would be cool to have one to relive the day, or what you did last week. I want one!
