Talk given by Chris Speed at the TSB / RCUK Internet of Things event 11th July 2012

1. The ‘internet of things’, social memory
and networked objects
Chris Speed @chrisspeed
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2. Ubiquity
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3. Ubiquity
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4. Ubiquity
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5. "Spimes are manufactured objects whose informational
support is so overwhelmingly extensive and rich that
they are regarded as material instantiations of an
immaterial system. Spimes begin and end as data.
They're virtual objects first and actual objects second."
Bruce Sterling, Shaping Things, (2005)
Spimes and things
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6. San Miguel bottle as Spime
san miguel piece
http://youtu.be/ZIqgZPHEnnI
Spimes and things
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7. Heinz Ketchup as behaviour not object
http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA9036
Spimes and things
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8. Zapped!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIDClPlKHzE
Zapped! by Preemptive Media
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9. IBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEbMV295Kk
The Internet of Things, IBM
Internet of Things, IBM
Intro / Background
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10. The Internet of Things, EU
Internet of Things, IBM
Intro / Background
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11. Linearity
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12. Shelflife
Ghosts
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13. Shelflife
Ghosts
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14. Shelflife
Ghosts
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15. National Museums of Scotland
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16. BBC
Reel
Thanks History
BBC Reel History: Thingema
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17. Ghost objects
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18. Ghost objects
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19. Thanks
Ghost objects
Ghost objects
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20. Thanks
Maureen
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21. Thanks
Carrie
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22. Ubiquity
Ubiquity
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23. Possessions
Things as Mediums
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
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24. Possessions
Possessions
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
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25. Possessions
Possessions
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
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26. Possessions
Possessions
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
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27. Possessions
Possessions
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
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28. Things as mediums
Things as Mediums
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29. Things as mediums
Things as Mediums
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30. Lest we think Heidegger was content with a comfortable characterisation of things
as drawing together meanings, stories, craft processes and communities note his
reference to dispute.
“… the Old High German word thing means a gathering, and specifically a
gathering to deliberate on a matter under discussion, a contested matter. “ (Martin
Heidegger, The Thing, p. 174.)
The OED concurs. A thing is a judicial assembly, and in Scandinavian countries the
Thing is the Parliament. Later in the essay Heidegger says:
“Whatever becomes a thing occurs out of the world’s mirror play” (p.182).
http://richardcoyne.com/2011/04/23/nothing-as-it-seems/
Things are not Objects
Things as Mediums
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

31. Do we presume death comes after life?
What happens to objects that get life after death?
What are zombie objects?
What are ghosts from the future?
How do we talk about agency?
Things are not Objects
Things as Mediums
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

32. Do we presume death comes after life?
Things as Mediums
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

33. Do we presume death comes after life?
What happens to objects that get life after death?
What are zombie objects?
What are ghosts from the future?
What happens to objects that get life
after death?
Things as Mediums
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

34. What as Mediums from the future?
Things are ghosts
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
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35. What as Mediums from the future?
Things are ghosts
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

36. What as Mediums from the future?
Things are ghosts
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

37. Take Me I’m Yours documentation
http://youtu.be/MtQDUbLAakg
How do we talk about agency?
Possessions
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

38. Things are not Objects
Things as Mediums
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Social City
Thursday, 12 July 2012

39. Things Objects
Things are not Objects
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40. Things Objects
The end
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