Spime

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Noun: A real life physical object with knowledge of itself. Possesing the following characteristics: 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. Spimes are objects precisely located in space and time. They have histories. They are recorded, tracked, inventoried, and always associated with a story. Spimes have identities, they are protagonists of a documented process. They are searchable, like Google. You can think of Spimes as being auto-Googling objects. (Coined by Bruce Sterling at SIGGRAPH 2004) Urban Dictionary

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A "spime" the word -- a contraction of "space" and "time" -- was coined by sci-fi writer Bruce Sterling is an object that, thanks to GPS and sensors, is aware of where and when it is, and can record and communicate these data. ❋ Glyn Moody (2008)

And as Sterling had chosen a nonsense word for "spime" a concept with which I'd been previously familiar, I decided to do the same. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sterling is moving freely in the landscape he is examining and with a extraordinary open mind he creates new concepts and ways of thinking, and even new words -- like "spime". ❋ Erik Stolterman (2006)

A 'spime' should also encompass relationships between things, and not just the "thingness" itself. (b) the sound of it (as Adam noted above). ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are a couple of things that have made me uncomfortable about the word 'spime': (a) the fact that it might be too easy to confuse with an "object". ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think about Bruce Sterling's "spime" in this context, and I see it as clearly connected to the tasks of the humanities and rhetoric and composition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

* Later this year I gotta do a presentation in France about the concept of "spime" and what happened to it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But then I am reminded of that horrible gooey interface used to plug into people in eXistenZ - it somehow seems appropriate that it should be a horrible gooey word, and not something that can disappear politely … So I like onto / ontome because it speaks to my first concern about 'spime'; but my second concern, it turns out, is not the problem I thought it was, and so onto / ontome might be … ahem … too euphonic! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first spime they've designed is a smart application of distributed computing in the service of sustainability. ❋ Glyn Moody (2008)

We can plan a spime in one world, build or model it in a second, then track it across other worlds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Fear the ubicomp spime: Bruce Sterling's keynote ❋ Unknown (2006)

The notion of spime is a good one, and might become really valuable! ❋ Erik Stolterman (2006)

Now that you have us all excited, what is a spime? ❋ Erik Stolterman (2006)

Fear the ubicomp spime: Bruce Sterling's keynote » ❋ Unknown (2006)

"Where the [heck] did I put my [keys]?" "They got [spime]?" "Sure!" "Then Google them man!" ❋ LordLobster (2006)

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