The idea is, as i'm sitting here using a wireless laptop i thought why hasn't anybody invented a laptop with mobile phone technology built in. Not one of these small palm computers but a full size laptop. Wireless internet access is the way forward for sure.

Let's face it, if your like me one of your most prised possesions is the contents of your computer. It would be nice to have all that data stored in a fire proof box. It could be called "The Black Box". If anything happened, or even if your computer was stolen; everything would be protected. 120 GB would be nice. Plus a softwear package that would (how should I say this) Officalize offical documents would be nice. That way you could re-print offical documents. Plus make sure it...

Newer processors are larger, faster and consume more power. Power consumption equates largely with heat generation, and keeping them them cool can be a major concern. So my idea is, use this heat generated to keep your coffee warm. Every computer has a coffee cup holder and when you turn on the switch the generated heat is used to keep your coffee warm.

They need to make a keyboard that you can't see. It's just a little a pyramid type thing that stand up in front of you and when you turn on your computer. It shines the keyboard on your desk. When you type you hit the projected keys on your desk and it senses the position of your fingers.

Mice have come a long way in the last few years with the invention of the optical mouse e.t.c. The optical mouse still has several problems. 1) They are still surface dependent - will not work on glass e.t.c. 2) Cordless optical mice drain batteries very fast, especially when playing games. (Solar panels add around 25% more life) My idea is to use an accelerometer to measure the changes in direction, and hence the position of the cursor on the screen. I believe that the...

My idea is to create laptops with an In-Focus projector built on the back side of the screen (the cover), so that when people go to board rooms or perhaps in a classroom, they just have to carry one piece of equipment. The laptop will have the presentation software and the presentation ready to go and all they have to do is switch views so it is projected on the wall as well. Maybe Dell or Compaq already has this in the works, but if they don't they should jump all over it. Maybe this...

Now that Digital Photography is so popular, how about a hand-held device for viewing your digital photos with a decent sized screen. Yes there are some devices that do that (like the Sony Clie), but they do not have very large screens and also have lots of other functions (unrelated to photography) that make the cost of the device rather high. How about a dedicated photo viewer (without all those other costly functions) with a 6" x 4" flat screen, with lots of memory space for the...

When one wants just one label or neat printing on a small piece of card or paper currently one has to print on a large sheet and then cut-away the unwanted paper. Have you ever tried to print on a post-it sheet, impossible. So how about a small computer printer designed to allow one-off prints of small labels, cards etc., of a maximum size of say a post-it sheet. Not a feed-through type printer, but designed maybe so that you could place the card or slip of paper on the base of the...

Many of internet users are well aware of the chatting programme ICQ. How about a dedicated ICQ device like a handheld PDA? SMS or Wap devices let people stay in touch on the road, but if there is a complete dedicated ICQ device is available, then I feel it would be the best for communication.

A major issue in computers is sound. Many people want to minimise the constant humming of their computer fans and hard disk. If a whole computer could somehow be put into a vacuum then this would eliminate the need for a fan (as there would be no temperature in the case as it would be in a vacuum) and also any noise should not be heard in the case as noise cannot travel through a vacuum. I admit that there would be issues when people want to open their p.c. to upgrade or if there was a...