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 Cyber Goggles Bet you didn’t think throwing on a pair of ultra-nerdy lab glasses could help your memory, did you? These smart video goggles, developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, record everything in front of them. The Cyber Goggles create footage of everything the goggle-wearer sees, the content is then analyzed, labeled and stored in a searchable database. Imagine how easy this would make it to retrace exactly where you placed those keys, or if you actually did remember to lock the car. All you’d have to do is type in a key word like “key” or “car” and it will be able to pull up the info for you and ease your panicked mind. All of the recorded video is stored in a small computer which is worn on your back. 
The computer records the footage and relies on ultrahigh-speed image recognition processing software to analyze, name and file the objects that appear in the video. Later, when the user types in a keyword to search for a particular item, the corresponding video plays on a tiny LCD screen attached to the right-side lens, helping the user remember the location of the item in question.
In a demonstration at the University of Tokyo last week, 60 everyday items — including a potted begonia, CD, hammer and cellphone — were programmed into the Cyber Goggle memory. As the demonstrator walked around the room viewing and recording the various objects, the names of the items appeared on the goggle screen. The demonstrator was then able to do a search for the various items and retrieve the corresponding video.
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