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

[Christine Hall]

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Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
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On 11/12/18 3:08 PM, Lynn Greiner wrote:
> Call it a Cruise (Tom Cruise, Minority Report)
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> Quigley. Because at the start of the 22nd century, Quigley Intragalatic is the leader in such technology and its name has become synonymous with the device (much like Google).
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> However, the hero is using hardware in which the software has been replaced with an open source alternative that the IT guy says is superior, but she's having all sorts of problems getting it to work right.
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> Christine Hall
> Publisher & Editor
> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> http://fossforce.com
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> 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.
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>> 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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