Random thoughts from the day's tech surfing.

Someone suggested Sun should rename solaris since that name implies closed source, not the current open source status. The blog then suggested Sun Linux. Terrible.

Seems pretty clear it should be called Sunix or Sunux. Same number of letters and name structure as Linux, which would imply a similarity of offering/targetting, but has Sun in the name. As if it would ever happen.

SInce it was the new year, and people are all gaga about tech predictions, I still hold the prediction of computing without monitors. Basically, you wear sunglasses that has a laser projector that beams images directly onto your eyeball. Gyroscopes and other alignment sensors can intelligently detect if you're actually looking at the monitor. Don't know how text input/keyboard would be replaced though, but those displays aren't limited by any preset pixel resolutions. It's a deep as they want it to be, with multiple displays, and maybe 3D.

For input, I've heard of a palm -sized device that you can "chord" in input as fast or faster than a keyboard. Basically, a character is a combination of buttons pressed at once. The eye's focus can be the mouse pointer.

I have heard of sensors that can actually move a mouse by reading cortical activity, but that would be difficult to implement.

Making a fully mobile computer is the next great leap in computing, integrated with a cell phone and wireless internet connections. The data immersion abilities are immense. Of course, it is the first step toward cybernizing humanity, but that is inevitable.