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Type of object Description Requirements User-object<br />

relationship<br />

Artifact<br />

Simple artificial Created one at a Hunters and<br />

objects, made by time, locally farmers<br />

hand, used by<br />

(Makers?)<br />

hand, powered by<br />

muscle<br />

Machine<br />

Product<br />

Gizmo<br />

Spime<br />

Biot<br />

Complex, precisely<br />

proportioned<br />

artifacts with<br />

many integral<br />

moving parts that<br />

have tapped some<br />

non-human, non<br />

animal-power<br />

source<br />

Widely<br />

distributed,<br />

commercially<br />

available objects,<br />

anonymously and<br />

uniformly<br />

manufactured in<br />

massive quantities,<br />

using a planned<br />

division of labour<br />

Highly unstable,<br />

user-alterable,<br />

baroquely<br />

multifeatured<br />

objects, commonly<br />

programmable,<br />

with a brief<br />

lifespan<br />

Manufactured<br />

objects whose<br />

informational<br />

support is so<br />

overwhelmingly<br />

extensive and rich<br />

that they can be<br />

regarded as<br />

material<br />

instantiations of<br />

an immaterial<br />

system<br />

Entities that are<br />

both object and<br />

person – "shape<br />

their own shape"<br />

Specialised<br />

support structures<br />

for engineering<br />

skills, distribution<br />

and finance<br />

Supported by<br />

highly reliable<br />

transportation,<br />

finance and<br />

information<br />

systems<br />

Commonly linked<br />

to network service<br />

providers; they<br />

are not standalone<br />

objects but<br />

interfaces<br />

Sustainable,<br />

enhanceable,<br />

uniquely<br />

identifiable, and<br />

made of<br />

substances that<br />

can and will be<br />

folded back into<br />

the production<br />

stream<br />

A technosociety<br />

where objects are<br />

fabricated by<br />

redesigning and<br />

exploiting<br />

biochemical<br />

processes<br />

Customers<br />

Consumers<br />

Timeline<br />

Beginning of<br />

mankind<br />

1500s<br />

End-users 1989<br />

Around World<br />

War One<br />

Wranglers About 2004<br />

Table 1: Bruce Sterling’s evolution of objects (after Sterling, 2005)<br />

Biot Around 2070<br />

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