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

[Lee Schlesinger]

I'm thinking "onezie." Because the first version of the technology required
you to wear a smartsuit that looked like a onesie, but as technology
improved you didn't need it anymore - must as we sometimes still say "dial"
a phone number.

Or "jelly." I like "jelly." Not sure why.

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 2:57 PM Christine Hall <christine at fossforce.com>
wrote:

>
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> Christine Hall
> Publisher & Editor
> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> http://fossforce.com
>
> 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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