spimes

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    Conversation with Vernor Vinge on spimes

    By David Orban ⋅ April 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

    Vernor Vinge is an award winning author, whose latest book Rainbows End is full of what we now call spimes: smart networked sensors, that fill the world with intelligent chatter that the protagonists of the book constantly rely on. (You can also download a full, free electronic version of the book.)
    We had the pleasure of [...]

    Beyond the Beyond

    By Roberto Ostinelli ⋅ March 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

    Bruce Sterling has written a post in his blog about us, you may find it here.
    Talking about us, he states: (((These guys are a tech start-up from Torino who chose to name themselves “OpenSpime.” They’re into ubiquitous computation in the service of sustainability.)))

    What is a spime?

    By David Orban ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

    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, [...]

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