The Information Sprout

IBM laboratories develop New Technology to turn Mobile Phones to Personal Assistants

The new technology – Pensieve uses the images, sounds and text recorded on everyday mobile devices to help people recall names, faces, conversations and other important information. The advantage of this new technology is the ability to understand the context in which data is captured then connect various data and then use this knowledge to help bring the correct information to a person when needed. This is like having personal assistant for your memory. The new Pensieve software blends techniques from image processing, GPS information, optical character recognition, speech recognition and information retrieval to index and tag the information. The Pensieve software, a virtual memory aide, organizes the who, what, when and where of all the information captured by your mobile device to easily find what you’re looking for. Pensieve will prove very useful for business men who are continually on the move and who need to keep a track of the people they meet for business building

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