[ludoo]

Interesting concepts, but what I really would like to see is a wearable "thing" with computing power, radios, and a way to use voice fro calls and commands, pairable to different screens. So I could have a 4.5-6" screen as a phone when out, an 8-9" as a tablet at home, an 11" and 23" screen for portable and desktop work. All driven from the same computing unit.

The "thing" could be a watch, maybe with an integrated Moto Hint-like earbud for calls. Or a pager-like device to carry on your belt or pocket, etc. Each screen would have its own battery, so the "thing" would need less power.

[mod]

I can't wait for the day when displays are all available for pairing.

Even now, I'm frequently wishing my laptop screen would just accept video input, for instance.

[aeturnum]

If the ara project is really, "a device running over an internal network, rather than just everything being connected to a CPU," then it would be a great platform for that vision. Presumably, an easy extension would be another device with its own power supply hooking into the network.

[jonbarker]

Couldn't the power supply be induction?

[aeturnum]

Sure, but it's hard to induce significant current in devices more than a few cm away. Considering we can't wirelessly power phones in a room, getting the phone to wirelessly power a wearable seems unlikely.