PIPS: lab at TEDxAmsterdam
TEDx Talks
14 min, 49 sec
The video details a mass upload session for Die Space, an interactive social network for the deceased.
Summary
- Die Space is presented as the first interactive social network for people who have passed away.
- The slogan for Die Space is 'you can still chat when you're dead'.
- Attendees of the session are instructed to use lumasol, a light-writing technique, to create personal light patterns.
- Participants create a Die Space Lite account using a light pattern that represents their given name and answer questions using their light devices.
- The session ends with the distribution of pills and the message that participants are not going to heaven or hell, but to 'Die Space dot nell'.
Chapter 1
Introduction to the Die Space platform and the mass upload session.
- Die Space is an interactive social network for people who have already passed away.
- The slogan of Die Space is that one can still chat after death.
- Due to time constraints, the introduction is brief and the session moves quickly.
Chapter 2
Preparations include checking for objections and ensuring participants have personal light emitting devices.
- Participants are informed that they will be uploaded that afternoon using specially modified recording devices.
- The speaker asks if anyone has objections to being uploaded and quickly dismisses any potential concerns.
- Participants confirm they have the lumasol devices used for the light-writing technique.
Chapter 3
Instructions on using the lumasol light-writing technique for the uploading process.
- The lumasol technique requires participants to find a round, light-emitting object under their seats.
- Instructions are given to remove the black sticker but keep the white marker on the LED for proper light intensity.
- Participants display their personal light devices and practice controlling their brightness.
Chapter 4
Explanation of the rules for the mass upload session.
- Rule 1: Dim the lights when instructed to ensure the lumasol technique works properly.
- Rule 2: Limit drawing to the size of one's head and shoulder width to avoid interfering with neighbors.
- Rule 3: Write at a normal speed, not too slow, to maintain the schedule.
Chapter 5
Participants create their Die Space Lite accounts using light patterns.
- Attendees use their personal lights to draw circles, straight lines, and letters to form their usernames.
- The speaker guides them through each step, ensuring the correct size and speed of their light drawings.
- Participants use their given names and the first letter of their surnames to create unique usernames.
Chapter 6
Collection of personal information from participants to complete the Die Space Lite account setup.
- Participants answer questions about life after death by placing lights on their foreheads and nodding.
- The answers contribute to a survey showing differing beliefs about the afterlife and life before death.
- Attendees then use the lumasol technique to write their ages and credit card numbers as part of their personal information.
Chapter 7
Final steps in uploading the participants' information to the Die Space cloud.
- The information is uploaded to the Die Space cloud, and participants' names are read aloud as they appear on the screen.
- Visual confirmation of the successful upload is given as the participants' avatars are displayed.
- The session concludes with all the information being stored in the cloud.
Chapter 8
The session ends with a philosophical message and a final instruction involving pills.
- Participants are left with the thought that with Die Space, there is no more death, a philosophical consideration.
- The presenter hands out pills, suggesting that after leaving the room, they can claim they are going to Die Space, not heaven or hell.
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