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A .org to explore policies and grow the community

David Orban — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:42:44 +0000

With the launch of the OpenSpime Developer Network yesterday, and the first public version of the OpenSpime protocol, we have taken an important step to turn our vision into reality. But this cannot be achieved on our own, and as importantly it cannot be achieved without a healthy debate that goes beyond the technical specifications. Spimes show a great promise, and are seen by many as an important step forward to better understand our world, and find applications that will be to the benefit of humankind. There are concerns, however, that the power of spimes can be abused, that the collection of data, at an unprecedented granularity, by governments, and corporations, can undermine fundamental freedoms, instead of creating new ones, as it should be.

That is why we hope that OpenSpime.org will be able and become, growing from a repository of code, and documentation which it is today, to a place where people, corporations, and organizations can discuss the future of a healthy and desirable development of an Open Internet Of Things. Come, and join the discussion about OpenSpime, and the future of our technologies, and policies!

OpenSpime Developer Network launches

David Orban — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:34:29 +0000

Today we are launching the OpenSpime Developer Network, where all the coders, hackers, makers who are interested in playing with the OpenSpime protocol, and its various implementations can meet.

It is only through the creativity and inventiveness of the community of developers that OpenSpime will succeed! This is why we are excited that so many have already subscribed to the OpenSpime Developer Network.

Together with the launch of the network we also are releasing a first implementation of the protocol in Python, which can be used to quickly prototype applications on a variety of platforms. You can also find explanatory videos that describe the OpenSpime protocol, and the way the PyOpenSpime implementation works.

First OpenSpime message on Twitter

Roberto Ostinelli — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:42 +0000

In the continuous efforts done in order to ease mashups, please check out the the first ever OpenSpime Twitter authenticated message. More to come.

Interested? Follow us on the OpenSpime Developer Network!

OpenSpime Developer Network

Roberto Ostinelli — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:34:00 +0000

We have just opened up subscriptions on the OpenSpime Developer Network.

If you wish to be informed on the release of the OpenSpime protocol, the API, or Open Source components do not hesitate to subscribe. You will then be notified by email on all OpenSpime Developers Network important announcements.

Again on Wired

Roberto Ostinelli — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:19:10 +0000

Bruce Sterling, the inventor of the term Spime, has kindly posted another entry on his blog about us here.

Thank you again, Bruce!

What is a spime?

David Orban — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:04:20 +0000

The word spime has been coined by Bruce Sterling from the contraction of the two terms space and time to express the nature of a new class of objects, which are aware of where they are, and when they are on the planet. This awareness is achieved through the universal inclusion of global positioning functionality, coupled with the sensing of some parameter of the environment, and a means of recording and communicating the set of data.

Spimes are the foundation of a new global structure, the Internet of Things, where the value of the network arises from the autonomous communications objects, without the necessity of human intervention.

OpenSpime Inc. is grateful to Bruce for having graciously conceded the permission to use his term for our operations!