1) Ecology: An outdoor paint that on warm days gets light and on cold days gets dark. Would create a huge impact on household heating/cooling.

2) Healthcare: A national system where you could check your file 24/7. And where one can access many practitioners online at far cheaper costs. Where you would keep healthcare papers so in case of an emergency, it can be found.

3) Internet: Your cell becomes your computer-you pay one price for blazingly fast service, and when you need it, you hook it up to a larger screen. The “spinning ball” as we know it has become a legend-as the net would be instant on. When you need a keyboard, you would use a hologram created one.

3) Prisons: Bring the incarceration system up to the 21st century. Install or have devices on a low risk prisoner so he/she can live at home and work but still be incarcerated and tracked. This is done now but very infrequently and at big cost.

4) Have easy to install bike “generators available-you would hook it up to watch TV or play video games-or if one just bikes-it goes into a bank for your use later.

5) A small combo projector, DVD with LOUD speakers to use outdoors for movie nights that’s under $600 :-)

And watches have become something of a redundant item imo with clocks on computers and phones everywhere. Have you seen some of the fashion watches that display hours and minutes in a series of LED lights? very cool

In daily conversation and, for example, this post, the use of the word OS is tied heavily to the interactions and interface that the OS has. For example, Windows has a certain UI and interaction scheme for keeping track of your open windows by using the start bar, and OS X accomplished this with expose and the dashboard. These are what we typically define the OS as.

Technically though, these features are not what the OS is. The OS is what runs your machine, and is very much coupled to the hardware.

Your comment about the Windows/Mouse/Icons is separate from the architecture that makes an OS an OS. These are simply interactions that could be implemented in any OS.

It sounds like what you are really looking for is just a different metaphor for computer usage, not necessarily a new Operating System. I’m glad you added that to the list though – it’s good to see people not “settling for less”

I can’t wait for another good Tie Fighter game (Plus it’ll give me a good reason to break out my old Joystick!). X-Wing Alliance was a rather good up to date version, but nowadays we can take the game so much further.

I don’t know if I agree with the new OS option. Windows has kept up to date very well. Direct X is a proven technology that games rely on to run. The learning curve and lack of software compatibility with a new operating system don’t seem worth it to me. I’ve been enjoying Windows 7, but I’d really like to see Linux become more mainstream.

Watches – Digitals have lost their coolness. Although, Samsung has just come out with a new watch cell phone that looks pretty awesome. Maybe we’re due for a comeback?!

100Mbps fiber optics for 39.99 and Unlimited 7.2Mbps mobile broadband for 19.99! that’s all I’m asking for, but I know it won’t happen