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"I forged a concept which is relatively simple and possibly unique in theology, and that is, the irrational is the primordial stratum of the universe."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Smart Tag | ||
| A piece of graffiti, or a small sticker tag, that could survive being placed on walls designed to be self-cleaning. |
One of the rules in William Gibson's writings is that for every invention, there is an equal-and-opposite invention.
| …Someone had once come up with a smart tag, a sort of decal they'd somehow adhered to the [smart] wall, although [they] had not been able to figure out how they'd done it without being seen. Maybe they'd shot it from a distance. It was the tag of a gang called the Chupacabras, a fearsome spiky thing, all black and red, insectoid and menacing. |
| From All Tomorrow's Parties,
by William Gibson. Published by Putnam in 1999 Additional resources -
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Smart tags were also able to use animated holograms to make their point. Also, take a look at the real smart tags - RFID tag technology.
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