Wireless communication and reality mining as a reflection of pervasive consciousness

<h1><a xhref="https://indranet.org/?attachment_id=88">Composition VIII</a></h1>[en]

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other wireless modalities of transmitting data through computers and modems, printers and other peripherals are expanding. Wireless connection won't be the only information post on the territory. Reality mining is the term coined by MIT Media Lab that sums up the various objects that can be transformed in data spots through tiny radio-connected sensor chips.

The appeal of wireless is not just avoiding messy cables or the convenience of being able to connect to the Net anywhere. Wireless spots have an impact on our psyche as well. They give the impression of conscious, almost alive presences spreading across the world. A net of infinite eyes and pervasive awareness where all is one and interconnected.
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Bluetooth, Wi-Fi e altre modalità wireless di trasmissione dei dati attraverso computer, modem, stampanti e altre periferiche si stanno diffondendo rapidamente. La comunicazione senza fili non sarà il solo tipo di punto-informazione sul territorio. Reality mining [estrarre la realtà] è il termine coniato dal Mit Media Lab per indicare i vari oggetti che possono essere trasformati in punti informazione tramite piccoli chip sensoriali radiocollegati.

L’attrattiva del wireless non sta solo nella possibilità di evitare grovigli di fili o di connettersi alla Rete da qualsiasi luogo. I luoghi wireless hanno un impatto anche sulla nostra psiche. Essi creano la sensazione di presenze consce, quasi vive, onnipresenti.

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Virtual worlds, mirror worlds, Second Life: backing up the messed planet

In the 21th century ideologies collapsed, religions are showing their fundamentalist and darker side and war is still the response to political problems. At the same time the material world itself is experiencing ecological collapse.

Virtual worlds such as Second Life and mirror worlds as Google Earth are the new frontiers of the Net. It seems as though we are making a backup of a devastated world on the Net, reshaping it according to our dreams and inhabiting it as if we could alienate ourselves from the material world.

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In the 21th century ideologies collapsed, religions are showing their fundamentalist and darker side and war is still the response to political problems. At the same time the material world itself is experiencing ecological collapse.

Virtual worlds such as Second Life and mirror worlds as Google Earth are the new frontiers of the Net. It seems as though we are making a backup of a devastated world on the Net, reshaping it according to our dreams and inhabiting it as if we could alienate ourselves from the material world.

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Nel ventunesimo secolo, assistiamo al crollo delle ideologie, le religioni stanno mostrando il loro lato fondamentalista e più oscuro, mentre la guerra è ancora la risposta a problemi politici. Al medesimo tempo, il pianeta sta vivendo il collasso ecologico.

I mondi virtuali come Second Life e i mondi specchio come Google Earth sono le nuove frontiere della Rete. Sembra che stiamo facendo la copia in Rete di un mondo devastato, modificandolo secondo i nostri desideri e abitandolo come se potessimo alienarci dal mondo materiale.
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