Arriving to prop up my continued pondering of the “scan all your documents into a searchable database” concept, Microsoft is working on a database to hold your life memories. The MyLifeBits project is a “lifestore” as envisioned by Vannevar Bush. Microsoft’s prototype is storing emails, online purchases, phone conversations and meetings, and could potentially store everything you ever look at or hear. Imagine an even more futuristic device that would allow your brain to recall the taste of that $200 bottle of wine you once splurged on, or the feeling you had when you first fell in love. For now, though, keyword and date indexing will allow you to supplement your perhaps faulty (but sometimes rosier) memories of correspondence, image, and text information. (via eatonweb)