The word we use to describe the components of smart sensor networks, spime, has been invented by Bruce Sterling, and it is the contraction of ’space’ and ‘time’, to signify that the object knows where it is, and when it is. Most frequently this is achieved through a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, which is [...]
The impact of technological change in our lives has increased at a rate that itself is increasing. Two three hundred years ago you could live your life without experiencing any change at all: its pace was so slow that within a generation it could not be felt, or at least would not be felt everywhere. [...]