Lucy Watts, who suffers a neuromuscular disease, discusses her digital legacy plans with WSJ’s Joanna Stern.

Photo: Mariam Dwedar for The Wall Street Journal

Old photos, letters and tapes. Tech has long allowed us to preserve memories of people long after they have died. But with new tools there are now interactive solutions, including memorialized online accounts, voice bots and even humanoid robots. WSJ’s Joanna Stern journeys across the world to test some of those for a young woman who is living on borrowed time.

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