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

[Sally Wiener Grotta]

Fun ideas, folks. I knew if I set this group on this kind of "quest", 
we'd have some interesting ideas come out of the woodwork.

Thanks! Sally

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* Author of numerous books, including "The Winter Boy" (nominated for 
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On 2018/11/12 14:08, Lynn Greiner wrote:
> Call it a Cruise (Tom Cruise, Minority Report)
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> From: Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org> On Behalf Of Christine 
> Hall
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> Subject: [Ipg-smz] Need a term for future commonplace tech for a short 
> story
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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).
> 
> 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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>> Sally Wiener Grotta
>> Sally at SallyWienerGrotta.com <mailto:Sally at SallyWienerGrotta.com>
>> ________________________________________________________
>> www.SallyWienerGrotta.com <http://www.SallyWienerGrotta.com>
>> (570) 947-7777
>> 
>> * Author of numerous books, including "The Winter Boy" (nominated for
>> the prestigious Locus Award) and "Jo Joe" (a Jewish Book Council
>> Network
>> book)
>> * Recognized by X-Rite as one of “The World’s Top Professional
>> Photographers”
>> 
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