a location-aware, environment-aware, self-logging, self-documenting, uniquely identified object that flings off data about itself and its environment in great quantities
an object capable of collecting information about its interaction with the world, track its own metahistory, and make that information available in a form useful to others
an object (or blobject, or blogject) that exists as, around and within a constantly-updated, totally-recorded flow of information
an object plus it's RFID or wireless ID that tracks the object during it full lifecycle
an object that ate and committed previous the order industrial
an object that ate and internalized the previous industrial order
a users group first, and a physical object second
Spime is a neologism for a currently-theoretical object that can be tracked through space and time throughout the lifetime of the object. The name “spime†for this concept was coined by Bruce Sterling, in various speeches and writings on the subject.