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'''Spime = neologism related to the "Internet of Things"''' | '''Spime = neologism related to the "[[Internet of Things]]"''' | ||
Source: http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2006/03/17/its_about_sp.html | Source: http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2006/03/17/its_about_sp.html | ||
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"'''Spime is a neologism for a currently-theoretical object that can be tracked through space and time throughout the lifetime of the object'''. The name “spime�? for this concept was coined by Bruce Sterling, in various speeches and writings on the subject. | "'''Spime is a neologism for a currently-theoretical object that can be tracked through space and time throughout the lifetime of the object'''. The name “spime�? for this concept was coined by Bruce Sterling, in various speeches and writings on the subject. | ||
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""The future will see a new kind of object — we have the primitive forms of them now in our pockets and briefcases: user-alterable, baroquely multi-featured, and programmable — that will be sustainable, enhanceable, and uniquely identifiable. Sterling coins the term “spime” for them, these future manufactured objects with informational support so extensive and rich that they are regarded as material instantiations of an immaterial system. Spimes are designed on screens, fabricated by digital means, and precisely tracked through space and time. They are made of substances that can be folded back into the production stream of future spimes, challenging all of us to become involved in their production. Spimes are coming, says Sterling. We will need these objects in order to live; we won’t be able to surrender their advantages without awful consequences." | |||
(http://www.experientia.com/blog/shaping-things-by-bruce-sterling/) | |||
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Sterling sees spimes as coming through the convergence of six emerging technologies, related to both the manufacturing process for consumer goods, and through identification and location technologies. These six facets of spimes are: | Sterling sees spimes as coming through the convergence of six emerging technologies, related to both the manufacturing process for consumer goods, and through identification and location technologies. These six facets of spimes are: | ||
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See also [[Blogjects]]; [[Physical Bookmarking]] | See also [[Blogjects]]; [[Physical Bookmarking]] | ||
[[Bruce Sterling on the Internet of Things and Spimes]] | Recommended videos: | ||
#[[Bruce Sterling on the Internet of Things and Spimes]] | |||
# http://www.toshare.it/spime/ | |||
[[Category:Encyclopedia]] | [[Category:Encyclopedia]] | ||
[[Category:Design]] | [[Category:Design]] | ||
Revision as of 12:20, 10 October 2007
Spime = neologism related to the "Internet of Things"
Source: http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2006/03/17/its_about_sp.html
Description
From the Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spime
"Spime is a neologism for a currently-theoretical object that can be tracked through space and time throughout the lifetime of the object. The name “spime�? for this concept was coined by Bruce Sterling, in various speeches and writings on the subject.
Citation:
""The future will see a new kind of object — we have the primitive forms of them now in our pockets and briefcases: user-alterable, baroquely multi-featured, and programmable — that will be sustainable, enhanceable, and uniquely identifiable. Sterling coins the term “spime” for them, these future manufactured objects with informational support so extensive and rich that they are regarded as material instantiations of an immaterial system. Spimes are designed on screens, fabricated by digital means, and precisely tracked through space and time. They are made of substances that can be folded back into the production stream of future spimes, challenging all of us to become involved in their production. Spimes are coming, says Sterling. We will need these objects in order to live; we won’t be able to surrender their advantages without awful consequences." (http://www.experientia.com/blog/shaping-things-by-bruce-sterling/)
Description
Sterling sees spimes as coming through the convergence of six emerging technologies, related to both the manufacturing process for consumer goods, and through identification and location technologies. These six facets of spimes are:
1. Small, inexpensive means of remotely and uniquely identifying objects over short ranges; in other words, radio-frequency identification.
2. A mechanism to precisely locate something on Earth, such as a global-positioning system.
3. A way to mine large amounts of data for things that match some given criteria, like internet search engines.
4. Tools to virtually construct nearly any kind of object; computer-aided design.
5. Ways to rapidly prototype virtual objects into real ones. Sophisticated, automated fabrication of a specification for an object, through “three-dimensional printers.�?
6. “Cradle-to-cradle�? life-spans for objects. Cheap, effective recycling." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spime)
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See also Blogjects; Physical Bookmarking
Recommended videos: