Theme Issue on Electronic Memories and Life Logging
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 17 (4):
603--604 (April 2013)DOI: 10.1007/s00779-012-0509-2
Abstract
In 1945, Vannevar Bush described an imaginary device, which he called Memex in his famous article called ''As We May Think''. He envisioned the device to be able to record and link books read, microfilms watched and other personal archives. Today, in the era of digital technology, Bush's visionary article can be seen as the first effort toward establishing the field of life logging. A system or tool that can digitally sense people's state and contextual information in a continuous manner and record this information for long-term access is therefore often referred to as life-log tool.
