Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-18
REMI, a familiar voice on the other end of the phone
A conversational companion for people living with dementia that calls or texts the phone they already use, then gives caregivers transcripts and reviewed memories.
Why it surfacedREMI is unusually specific about both its audience and its constraints: no app, new device, or password for the person receiving the calls. It grounds the idea in reminiscence-therapy principles, caregiver control over remembered information, and a research pilot associated with Emory's Center for Data Science.
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The Plotter’s 09:30 Shift
August 18’s newborn domains include an obsolete pen plotter clocking in at 09:30, emergency warnings designed for sight, touch, or hearing, a funeral-folder tool calibrated for printer drift, and photographs of Colombian rental signs turned into a housing map.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-18 Domain Arrivals issue.