Indian-origin entrepreneur Advait Paliwal, has come up with a wearable device that can capture your every moment. Yes you heard it right! You can capture your beautiful moments of life with just a necklace.
The San Francisco based Indian entrepreneur has come up with this necklace-like ‘image capturing’ AI device, named ‘Iris’. Here’s a look on how it can change your average ‘image capturing’ tool.
Create memories with ‘Iris’
Paliwal claims that ‘Iris’ not only captures photos of “your infinite memory of your life”, but also uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to caption and organise the pictures. This can eventually help users remember details or any moments that you might have forgotten. The pictures you have taken can be stored on the device and can also be uploaded to the cloud. The device is made to look like an ‘evil eye’. Notably ‘evil eye’ is something which can protect you from bad intentions, as believed by many.
The ‘Iris,’ can also help users to focus more on the goals that they have set. It will protect you from getting distracted. This device can be used by doctors to keep a track on their patient’s daily habits. For example, ‘Iris’ can remind the patient of any specific goals. Also if there is any change in a patient’s daily routine, the device can alert them about that. Furthermore, “Iris also has a focus mode. It notices when you get distracted and proactively tells you to get back on track,” Paliwal highlighted.
Lifelogging: A boon or bane
With much more advancements around AI and other technologies, things are coming up with both positive and negative impacts. This is no exception in this latest device ‘Iris.’ Will it be safe enough to let AI control and keep a track of every detailed minute of your life? It might get associated with breaching personal life. In line with this concern, Paliwal has said that the ‘Iris’ has its own pros and cons. He further explained that besides helping patients (especially people suffering from Alzheimer) the device can raise concern about privacy safety .
It’s true that the records of ‘Iris’ can remind people about memories. However, the device can also raise concern about privacy. This is because we never know how the stored data is being used. A X (previously Twitter) user has questioned in a post that “I wouldn’t want to interact with someone who had this on, taking a photo every minute.” In response to this, Paliwal said that eventually people are already taking ‘mental photos’ everyday.
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