Spime, GPS Technology & The Pedantic Web

1. SPIME, GPS & THE PEDANTIC
WEB: AN INTERGALACTIC
EXPERIENCE
Presented by: Laura Mikolaitis
CIM 654: Knowledge Management

2. •Section I: Origins of Spime
•Section II: Examples
•Section III: GPSTechnology
•Section IV:The Pedantic Web
•SectionV: Combining the Galaxies
Spime, GPS & The Pedantic Web

3. A futuristic look at technology through a sci-fi lens
Section I: Origins of Spime

4. Who am I?

5. What is spime?
 n. A theoretical object that can be tracked
precisely in space and time over the lifetime
of the object. [Blend of space and time.]

6. Internet of Things (IoT)
 Imagine if every object you own had a
presence on the internet:
 Your car
 Your remote control
 Your favorite pair of sneakers
 Your football

7. Why IoT?
 Smarter marketing
 Smarter manufacturing
 Smarter consumer
 “Peer to Peer” communications

8. Blobjects: What are they?

9. The Evolution of Spime
Blobject
• Object with
curvilinear,
flowing design
• Designed on a
screen with a
graphics
program
• Period objects of
our time
• Very common
Gizmos
• Made and used by
end users
• Blobjects can be a
subset
• Extremely functional
and designed on
computers
• Open-ended tech
development project
• Short life-span
Spime
• Imaginary object
that is still
speculative
• Made & used by a
“wrangler”
• Precisely located
in space and time
• Historical,
traceable,
recordable,
inventoried
• Always associated
with a story

10. How to Recognize Spime
 Conceived and designed within a network
 Unique identification
 Physically fabricated directly from its virtual
plans
 Can be tracked with geo location
technologies
 Can be searched out through search engines
 Designed for disassembly
 Historical: Metadata

11. If spime were to exist…
Section II: Examples

12. Working Spime
Spime is
purchased
with credit
card
Account
information
embedded in
transaction
End-user
receives
information
pertaining to
object
Using RFID,
the spime is
able to
update its
data
Spime is
disassembled
& recycled;
the process
begins again

14. ioBridge

15. Amazing technologies are like bright shining stars…
Section III: GPS Technology

16. GPS Technology

17. CitySense

18. What is this galaxy?
Section IV: Pedantic Web

19. Pedantic Web
Q.What does pedantic mean?
A. Ostentatious in one’s learning; overly
concerned with minute details or formalisms,
especially in teaching.

20. Pedantic Web
 More commonly known as the SemanticWeb
 Nickname bestowed by XML developers
 Extension of the world wide web
 Help computers “read” and use the web
 Fueled by metadata

21. Imagine the Possibilities

22. Imagine the Possibilities
Now…
With the semantic web you could:
 Enter your preferences for yourViking Range into a computerized agent
 Agent searches the web
 Best option is found
 Agent places your order
 Agent opens your personal finance software on your computer
 Agent records amount spent
 Agent marks the estimated delivery date on your calendar
Bonus:The agent also learns your habits and preferences, so if you had a bad
experience it would know to cease using the site in the future.

23. Aligning the stars…how does it all fit together
Section V: Combining the Galaxies

24. Aligning the Stars
Object GPS Data
Spime

25. The End…hope you enjoyed the
show!

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