What is on Your Mind?

I would normally brush that off as silliness.

But I've already read about it in two exciting novels: Oath of Fealty by Niven and Pournelle, and Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge.

Microchips have grown smaller but more powerful while capacities have grown a lot bigger but the server and PC casing remains much the same size so why hasn't anybody tried to put a UPS into it? A UPS is pretty low tech. I've have pondering on this since the 90's.

I need a heads up display with lens-shape-altering zooming capabilities connected to a computer with object tracking and identification, velocity tracking radar, laser distance measuring. That makes me think about Ironman, I could also use a miniaturized arc reactor (hydrogen cold fusion anyone??)

I would like a fusion reactor in the one terawatt per year range. I figure that 10 or 15 of these should be enough to supply the world with all the power we need. (Alternate technologies that can pump out this much juice would also be acceptable.) And wireless delivery is not required. Don't dilly dally though, I'd like the first one to go on line by the end of the decade.

Interesting idea.

But lots and lots of people have PCs with a UPS built in. It's a laptop.

I've always found it kind of kookie to use a laptop as a desktop, even though a great many people do. But maybe the "UPS" issue plays a greater role than I've given it credit for.

Would solar powered notebooks qualify as wireless power supply? Count me in, irrespective.

Probably not.