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The wearable remembrance agent: A system for augmented memory

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This paper describes the wearable remembrance agent, a continuously running proactive memory aid that uses the physical context of a wearable computer to provide notes that might be relevant in that context. A currently running prototype is described, along with future directions for research inspired by using the prototype.

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Rhodes, B.J. The wearable remembrance agent: A system for augmented memory. Personal Technologies 1, 218–224 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01682024

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