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The Internet of Things - What is a Spime?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sounds-like-it-would-taste-sour dept.

CoolVibe writes "From the abstract in the talk: "World-renowned Science Fiction writer and futurist Bruce Sterling will outline his ideas for SPIMES, a form of ubiquitous computing that gives smarts and 'searchabiliity' to even the most mundane of physical products. Imagine losing your car keys and being able to search for them with Google Earth." It's a very interesting lecture given by Bruce Sterling about something we might see in the near future. The lecture can be viewed here on Google Video."

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  1. "my fucking keys" by G27+Radio · · Score: 4, Funny


    Imagine losing your car keys and being able to search for them with Google Earth.

    http://static.flickr.com/108/261905722_d2912c0465. jpg?v=0

    Still waiting for them to add it to Earth.

  2. google 2084 anyone? by wizardforce · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/archives/googl e%202084.jpg

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    Sigs are too short to say anything truly profound so read the above post instead.
  3. I'm all for it by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as you can reticulate them, of course.

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    Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
  4. When I Google Earth it says, "Wish you were here." by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got up one morning and couldn't find my socks. So I called Information. She said, "Hello, Information." I said, "I can't find my socks." She said, "They're behind the couch." They were. -- Steven Wright
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    Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
  5. Re:Utopian privacy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Imagine Googlebots indexing your keys before you lost them.

    robots.txt
    User-agent: *
    disallow: /pants

    User-agent: girl-next-door
    disallow: /wallet

  6. Besides... by sczimme · · Score: 4, Funny


    Imagine losing your car keys and being able to search for them with Google Earth
    ...
    By the time any of this technology could ship we'd probably have thought controlled car locks. No need for keys then.

    If I end up so far from my car keys that I need GOOGLE EARTH to find them, I have failed miserably...

    Or had a really good time. I suppose it could go either way (or both).

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    1. Re:Besides... by Caffeinate · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or had a really good time. I suppose it could go either way . . . To: The World
      Fr: Caffeinate

      This is the only time that the phrases "go either way" and "good time" are to ever be combined.

      That is all.
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      Godless heathen.
    2. Re:Besides... by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 3, Funny

      Perhaps if you were more open minded, you'd have more good times....

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      It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
    3. Re:Besides... by cooley · · Score: 2, Funny

      What if I lose my keys somewhere other than Earth? WHAT THEN, Mr. Bruce "Sparty-pants" Sterling?

      Where is your Google NOW?

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      Just then the floating disembodied head of Colonel Sanders started yelling Everything You Know Is Wrong!-Weird Al
  7. Re:What are car keys? by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny
    Three meters is fifteen feet? You wanna check that math again?

    Good to see a rocket scientist who can get unit conversion right...

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    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."