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===Spime=== | ===Spime=== | ||
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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 author Bruce Sterling. Sterling sees spimes as coming through the convergence of six emerging technologies, | 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 author Bruce Sterling. Sterling sees spimes as coming through the convergence of six emerging technologies, | ||
These six facets of spimes are: | 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. | |
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- | 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, | + | |
- | 6. “[[Cradle-to-cradle]]” life-spans for objects. Cheap, effective recycling. | + | |
With all six of these, one could track the entire existence of an object, from before it was made (its virtual representation), | With all six of these, one could track the entire existence of an object, from before it was made (its virtual representation), | ||
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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. | ||
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+ | Sterling sees spimes as coming through the convergence of six emerging technologies, | ||
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+ | * Small, inexpensive means of remotely and uniquely identifying objects over short ranges; in other words, [[RFID|radio-frequency identification]]. | ||
+ | * A mechanism to precisely locate something on Earth, such as a [[GPS|global-positioning system]]. | ||
+ | * A way to [[wp> | ||
+ | * Tools to virtually construct nearly any kind of object; [[CAD|Computer-aided_design]]. | ||
+ | * Ways to [[rapid prototyping|rapidly prototype]] virtual objects into real ones. Sophisticated, | ||
+ | * [[cradle to crade|“Cradle-to-cradle”]] life-spans for objects. Cheap, effective [[Recycling]] | ||
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+ | With all six of these, in theory one could track the entire existence of an object, from before it was made (its virtual representation), | ||
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+ | Spimes are not, of course, defined merely by these six technologies; | ||
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+ | ==What is an “Object? | ||
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+ | The use of the term “object” may seem abstruse and overly generic. As an example by what is meant by “object” in the context of spimes, consider a pair of Tennis shoes. A unique pair of tennis shoes (or even just one of them), can be thought of as an object in the manufacturing cycle — it first exists as a digital specification for a shoe, then raw materials are gathered and formed into the shoe, an [[RFID]] tag may be embedded into the fabric, and then it is sold. Location and searching for this shoe may involve asking a computer search engine “where are my shoes?” To which the reply may be “your shoes are under your bed,” which would combine identification, | ||
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+ | == See also == | ||
+ | * [[wp> | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | @Book{BookSterling2005, | ||
+ | author = {Sterling, Bruce}, | ||
+ | title = {Shaping Things}, | ||
+ | publisher = {MIT Press}, | ||
+ | url={=http:// | ||
+ | year = 2005 | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | * "A SPIME is, by definition, the protagonist of a documented process. It is an historical entity with an accessible, precise trajectory through space and time." | ||
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+ | ==External links== | ||
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