InfoWorld editor Ephraim Schwartz attended a demonstration of IBM's TechMobile at the IBM developer conference in San Francisco this week, and reports on some of the cutting-edge technologies that are included in the futuristic IBM demo. The TechMobile, as reported previously, contains a Linux/Java embedded software… platform. Schwartz writes . . .

“Combining current products with future technologies that are still fresh from the IBM labs, Big Blue this week at its Software Solutions Conference is demonstrating some of the unique capabilities that might just be found in the car or SUV of the future.”

“Among the concept products exhibited were Blue Tooth, Blue Eyes, BlueDrekar, and TSpaces, plus Web-based remote control of a vehicle . . .”

“On the show floor, an IBM engineer, Chuck Lam, used what can only be described as a slightly clunky-looking, over-sized watch with BlueDrekar built in to lock and open the doors and turn on and off the lights, the air conditioning, and the stereo of the demo car, which was a 2002 Ford Explorer, dubbed the TechMobile . . .”

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