Killer Innovations: reblog

As computing power continues to grow, it will be theoretically possible to record and store high-resolution video footage of every second of a human life on a device the size of a sugar cube within the next two decades. However, with great power comes great responsibility:

"Researchers said governments and societies must urgently debate the implications of the huge increases in computing power and the growing mass of information being collected on individuals. Some fear that the advent of "human black boxes" combined with the extension of medical, financial and other digital records will lead to loss of privacy and a dramatic expansion of the nanny state. Others highlight positive advances in medicine, education, crime prevention and the way history will be recorded."

These issues and others were discussed by leading computer scientists, psychologists and neuroscientists at the Memories for Life conference held at the British Library in London.

[image: Tom Cruise in Minority Report]