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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. What are car keys? by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By the time any of this technology could ship we'd probably have thought controlled car locks. No need for keys then.

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    1. 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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  2. "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.

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

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

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  4. Very fascinating by palladiate · · Score: 4, Insightful
    We might as well still hope for flying cars though. Sure, multi-linking normal objects is cool, but there are probably much easier and simpler solutions we haven't though of yet. Futurism is fun, I remember the old Futureland at Disney world. It was a ghost town, and the animatronics were creepy, but it was fun as a giant walk-in time capsule.

    But, all I could think about the whole time is about those darn car keys. I kept hearing in my head my parents calling me: "Son, I need you to come look at the computer. Google keeps telling me my car keys are in the house, but I've looked all over for them. I think Google is broken again."

  5. I'm all for it by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as you can reticulate them, of course.

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  6. Appropriate name by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Spi Me. If you can find your carkeys on Google, then so can Google. And if Google can, the government you're under can find your carkeys too. Normally you're near where your carkeys are, or maybe your cellphone, or maybe the governmental id card.

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  7. 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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