Be Your Own Souvenir! from blablabLAB on Vimeo.
A 'snapshot' memory of your physical state at a specific point in time. 3D scanning equipment connected to a 3D printer prints out a tiny model of a person which can then be taken home! It's an incredible idea, and shows how technology can be used to create and subvert memory or interpret it in different ways. The creation of a mini sculpture as a fast service is only really possible using technology. This physical 'memory' is different to how humans would perceive it. We could even create a multi-layered memory where the printers are continuously receiving input and that the individual is moving around.
Technology used: It is a hack; no purpose built technology is used.
- Three 'Kinects'
- RepRap (a plastic printer).
http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
RepRap is an open source plastic printer, and because many parts are plastic it can actually self-replicate.
Memory theory:
This is the use of human physical form as a vessel for memory; and transferring it into an object. The model is an encapsulation of various memories; your pose, your clothing, the object you're holding. What if more memories were stored like this, creating a mini world version of the world, and printing updates to the world to replicate real world events. If this much data could be collected, some people say you could predict the future.
Is predicting the future anything more than establishing patterns? For example using the theories of the quantified self i could analyse my habits i.e. web usage and from that predict what i was going to do tomorrow. Various factors affect my web usage i.e. which course i'm revising for, and therefore i might search for different things. Memory is a large part of this; memory being nothing but data interpreted in various ways.
An interesting video: Fate vs. Free Will. The beginning of the video is most interesting to me.
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