WideTag » Vernor Vinge http://www.widetag.com RealTime, Social, Green Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Conversation with Vernor Vinge on spimes http://www.widetag.com/2008/04/01/conversation-with-vernor-vinge-on-spimes/ http://www.widetag.com/2008/04/01/conversation-with-vernor-vinge-on-spimes/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:06:33 +0000 David Orban http://www.openspime.com/2008/04/01/conversation-with-vernor-vinge-on-spimes/ 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 a nice conversation with Vernor Vinge in San Diego about spimes, OpenSpime, and what he thought about the impact of the wider diffusion of these technologies on our society:

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