Lifecasting and Mind Uploading

I have, along with mind uploading, become fascinated with the prospect of lifecasting. The thought that one could digitize one's entire life is amazing. Having grown up in an era in which video cameras were a household item, I have been fortunate enough to have much of the important moments of my life videotaped. Recently, I embarked on a project to convert all of the hundreds of hours-worth of analog home video to digital. Through this endeavor, I have contemplated the possibility of having nearly every moment of my life captured on camera.

Apparently, I'm not the only person who has contemplated this. A man named Gordon Bell seems to have taken this idea to the extreme. He is currently in the process of "lifecasting." Lifecasting is, in fact, recording one's entire life. As crazy as this may sound, there are technological advances that increasingly make this a reality. The miniaturization of cameras and cpu's are allowing more discrete recording than ever before.

I'll admit, I've experimented with this technology by purchasing a hidden camera pen and wearing it on my shirt while performing my daily activities. Surprisingly, the video quality was not bad and the audio was acceptable. Still, there is much to go as far as the technology goes. First of all, the battery only listed less than two hours and the camera wasn't completely hidden, as my pen was still visible.

Eventually, cameras will be embedded into clothing, glasses, appliances, and other discrete locations as to allow complete invisibility of the fact that one is even lifecasting.

I believe that this technology is related to that of mind uploading, in that "memories" could be constantly analyzed as one uploads their experiences in the form of lifecasting. Imagine a world in which our biological memories are all but obsolete due to computers storing them and sorting through them as need be. This could effectively provide the information needed to recreate one's personality in digital form.

Through speech-to-text technology, one's entire day's dialogue could be recorded, along with the visual experiences. Additionally, advanced algorithms could record one's answers to questions in conversations and build an extensive vocabulary closely matching the user's.

There are many possibilities to consider when discussing lifecasting. I, for one, am most excited about its use in conscious duplicating.