Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. LiMe is about discovering, expressing, and getting out in the local physical neighborhood. People do not have to sit behind computers to create and find information but come across local knowledge incidentally and peripherally in everyday locations. ![]() LiMe interfaces are in natural meeting and crossing points, such as cafes and bus stops. LiMe aims to provide members of a locality with means to capture, share, and explore their collective memory and experiences and is an intelligent network of interfaces embedded within the physical fabric of the local community, supporting the creation and distribution of informal content within that community. The project’s name is Living Memory (LiMe), which is a communication system prototype. It is based on a project sponsored by the European Commissioni3 and was developed by a consortium of five partners between 19. ![]() In this article, the relationship between the development of digital media and memory,community, and urban spaces is discussed.
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