Speculative Design
Parsons student project on futures studies, exploring memory retrieval, brain imaging, and AI-generated experiences through speculative design and advertising.
The Brain Camera
After my mother died, over time I grew fearful of losing her memory, of what she looked like, her eyes, her smile. Her memory was all that I had left. I didn’t have many photographs with her, but the brain camera has been a wonderful solution, filling in the gaps.
It's designed for everyday use, making it simple to relive cherished memories at a swipe.
Student project at the Parsons School of Design - the New School, NYC - Futures Studies and Speculative Design program.
Technological drivers in this research project include retrieval of long-term memory by optogenetic stimulation of memory engram cells, reading of memories with portable brain imaging technology, based on brain scans recreating memories in the form of images or immersive experiences through multimodal generative AI, experiencing media in high fidelity through brain-computer interface.
We produced a speculative advertisement series through our fictive design consultancy, Young Mind Engineering.
The Brain Camera Technology
This innovative device can instant-develop photographs from brain scans. Reminiscent of the photo booths or polaroid cameras popular in the 80s. The device is designed to actively revive memories and make them tangible. Aiding in the treatment of dementia and melancholia, as well as satisfying general nostalgia.
The Mindwave
A consumer grade home version of the brain camera, promising to “play back your memories with the ease of listening to music.”
This device does not just allow us to revisit memories on our own, but to share them with others, allowing users to experience them with friends and family. Whether it’s reliving a moment together, or sharing it with someone who missed out, it’s all possible.
Testimonial “A family lost all of their iCloud photos because of a common mistake. Mindwave let them recover their cherished memories.”