"free" physical objects
Hi everyone, a few years back(before COVID) I participated in a very interesting GTALUG meeting. One of the participants talked about some "free" objects/artifacts that are circulating in our world and people can keep them for certain time. Each object has an id and the temporary "guardian" informs a portal that they have it in their possession using this id. Does anyone remembers this conversation? Does anyone know this project? Thank you for your time stopping by my message. Best, -- Vasileios Papadiamantopoulos, PhD Arch
Geocaching?
On Nov 24, 2024, at 18:31, Vasileios Papadiamantopoulos via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Hi everyone, a few years back(before COVID) I participated in a very interesting GTALUG meeting. One of the participants talked about some "free" objects/artifacts that are circulating in our world and people can keep them for certain time. Each object has an id and the temporary "guardian" informs a portal that they have it in their possession using this id.
Does anyone remembers this conversation? Does anyone know this project?
Thank you for your time stopping by my message.
Best,
-- Vasileios Papadiamantopoulos, PhD Arch --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
On 2024-11-24 18:31, Vasileios Papadiamantopoulos via talk wrote:
One of the participants talked about some "free" objects/artifacts that are circulating in our world and people can keep them for certain time. Each object has an id and the temporary "guardian" informs a portal that they have it in their possession using this id.
That sounds a bit like tracking tokens used in geocaching. Have a look at geocaching.com for more information. -- Cheers! Kevin. https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | "Nerds make the shiny things that | distract the mouth-breathers, and Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | that's why we're powerful" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick
On 2024-12-04 17:50, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
On 2024-11-24 18:31, Vasileios Papadiamantopoulos via talk wrote:
One of the participants talked about some "free" objects/artifacts that are circulating in our world and people can keep them for certain time. Each object has an id and the temporary "guardian" informs a portal that they have it in their possession using this id.
That sounds a bit like tracking tokens used in geocaching. Have a look at geocaching.com for more information.
Thank you for looking into my message and taking the time to respond. I looked the geocaching project. This is more like a scavenger hunt game. The project that I remember was more of a proof of concept for independent "free" artifacts. I would assume that someone is creating or buying an artifact, register it to the platform and then set it free to the world. Items can be passed on to people for some time. It was an interesting idea testing the waters with independent artifacts. If someone remembers anything more please let me know. Best, Vasileios Papadiamantopoulos, PhD Arch
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Vasileios Papadiamantopoulos