Save life progress in memory as small as sand grains

In order to record all that took place in about 70 years of a human life, that micro-storage device must have a capacity of 27.7 terabytes (TB), equivalent to 450 Apple iPod 60 GB music players.

Explaining the idea of ​​Memories for Life (M4L), the EPSRC's Scientific and Physical Research Council said: " Building a digital version of the human being is completely If Moore's Law is to be maintained, we can 'film' constantly every person's activities from birth until death and compress in memory just like a sugar . "

However, according to Professor Nigel Shadbolt, Chairman of the British Computer Organization (BCS), this memory needs a long enough life and can be compatible with future technologies. As in the digital age, most tape formats have become obsolete.

In addition, the device also needs to be able to control scattered information on computers, such as digital photos, e-mail, online accounts, blogs, video diaries . Developing a memory of 27 TB It is not a big deal compared to how to organize, manage, search and recover data from various multimedia repositories and systematically integrate them in mass memory.