I noticed that more and more people are using computers, and that lots of people spend time chatting and surfing the web, or just doing work. I'm sure that the energey used in hitting a button on the keyboard or moving a mouse could create some energy, this power multiplied by millions of people on millions of computers, would generate a lot of power, and it's good for the enviroment.

Laser printing on plain paper. Can it not be done by accurately calibrated laser just powerful enough to charr the surface of plain paper to create characters and images? Only basic scanner needed. No toner, no consumables. You can print on both sides too. Right from the time I heard of laser printers in 1973, I always thought that it would be this way. I am now 57 yrs and have been in computer maintenance field since 1968. I know xeroxes and laser printers' insides. A little elaborate...

My idea is simple. Since I am in tech support, they should have an adapter that takes monitor, usb, parallel, etc and outputs it into a single connection. The other end would have a single connection that would plug into the computers monitor, usb etc. The point of the connector is for quick disconnects in a business environment.

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 that a person as s/he moves around the mouse, moves around four mouse pointers simultaneously and thus moves the mouse around less and has it therefore easier and is therefore less receptive to RSI. The pointers move at the same time, in the same direction and at the same speed. Imagine four 'squares' dividing up the screen. And each pointer is centered as it is placed in the center of such a 'square'. Now which pointer is active? The latest direction of the pointers...

Set it to turn on and activate a voice command recognition software to wake you up and you can delay the sleep alarm by voice command. Plays your favorite song or clip to wake you. Tunes you into radio or TV. Reminds you verbally of school or appoitments. A fully interactive voice command back and forth with artificial intelligence. Prints out daily schedule and lists your tasks printed out daily automatically. It asks until you wake up. An alarm clock with a brain and a schedule. A verbal...

I see lots of coin collecting software out there. My idea to create a coin collecting book with the coin spots that can be connected to the computer. The computer could tell which spots you have filled and automatically catalog your coins. An internet site could be created to retrive the value of your collection.

NASA Should sponsor payloads of small rovers and a transmitter to the moon, owned and operated for and by X Box. Considering the time delay the games would be turn based, but with a real life twist. It would get the space program back in the public's dreams. A time slot sold as 1 robot $1.00/min. Each day 1 robot earns $1440.00/day ($525,600/year).

An illuminated keyboard which will enable users to work in reduced ambient light especially ideal for laptops and tough notebooks.

What about a new low cost terminal, something like the old Commodore 64 but with new features: keyboard with integrated screen (40x10 chars), no hard disk, instead flash memory (1 gig), serial port, USB port, internal modem and thermal printer... that's it. Programmable in Basic, C, Pascal or some other low level language. Lots of small merchants would like the idea of billing (for example) with this low cost terminals, and lots of programmer will have the opportunity of become in...