[Ipg-smz] Need a term for future commonplace tech for a short story

James Gaskin james at gaskin.com
Mon Nov 12 04:42:43 UTC 2018


Google Screen
Holo Time
AInterface
Computer (only the holo projector part will be on-prem)

Thanks,
James


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On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 5:44 PM Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
wrote:

> Neural Chooser
> On 11/11/18 4:17 PM, Sally Wiener Grotta wrote:
>
> Please put your creativity caps on, and help me come up with the name of a
> device. It's for a short story set in 2101 that I'm writing.
>
> What would be the word people will commonly use in the future (as they do
> "touchscreen" today) to describe an interactive desktop 3D projection?  I
> don't want to waste words describing it, because it would be as common as
> our laptops, and simply the device that would replace our keyboard, mouse,
> wacom and monitor.
>
> The word (or perhaps as many as two or three words) needs to be
> self-explanatory to the reader, but not have enough weight to distract from
> the narrative.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks, Sally
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