Creating human digital memories for a richer recall of life experiences

Human digital memories focus on documenting our lifetime. This outlet allows us to capture and bring together information that is related to almost any aspect of our lives. Creating these memories allows us to recall experiences, seamlessly; and to re-live specific events, using detailed information about those experiences. The evolution of smart devices enables any object to provide us with information. With all of this data at our disposal, new opportunities are arising to incorporate this data into our digital memories. Consequently, the challenge is to develop a platform, capable of linking captured information together, to form feature rich digital memories of human experiences. This paper presents DigMem, a platform for creating human digital memories, using pervasive devices and linked data. Information is semantically structured to create temporal “memory boxes”. A working prototype has been successfully developed, which demonstrates the approach.