As if reading your blog from your favorite reclining / rocking contraption weren’t enough, some folks thought we should be able to update our blogs from just about anywhere. Wireless solutions are already widespread and well-known and mob-blogging (moblogs) has lost of its shiny perk. Been there, seen this, done that… Right?

 Well, maybe not so. As one can guess, writing on a cellphone, a PDA, or any other small, portable device can turn into a nightmare if not a nightmbre if you pressed too much on the abc key of your Sony Eriksson. And carrying your 102-key-with-Windows-special-key-and-a-battery-of-special-functionnality keyboard isn’t quite an option. Some clever chaps scratched the back of their heads, watched a few episodes of Stargate and exclaimed Eurêka!

 Behold the power of the VKB! VKB as in virtual laser keyboard. Several sites have already been chattering on about this latest new thing on the e-block. iwantoneofthose.com and ebay sell them and http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/ goes into the detail of explaining how it works. And I quote:

The device looks like this (see right). All you need to do now is type away on the red-laser keys. The device can simulate sound although it’s bound to become nagging eventually. And of course, you’ll have to watch out for greasy surfaces, coffee-littered tables, and sandwich crumbs.

On the other hand, I’m sure our surgeon general will appreciate the fact they are no more crevices where the odd bugs can roam feeding on whatever the keyboard has gobbled down.

Blogging from a park bench is now child’s play. Simply hook up the VKB to your bluetooth PDA / cellphone and go to blog.com to start typing about your virtual experience… 

While those of you with a techier trend may already be equipped with a wireless keyboard set enabling you to blog from virtually any place in the house (e.g. the kitchen, the bathroom, the shed in the yard…) it doesn’t quite solve the screen issue. Typing is all quite fine but typos are frequent and one wouldn’t know where to click to save a post.

On the other hand, think of your mother, grandmother, roughly those people who can’t stand staring hard at a bright screen to read line after line of blog dribble. Wouldn’t it be nice to read a blog from the comfort of the living room’s big old armchair, a mug of hot Van Houten cocoa teeming with marshmallows?

Readers, behold. Researchers are not miles away from mass producing e-paper (e as in electronic). It feels like, looks like, behaves likes; but doesn’t quite sound like real old paper! Tux, a German blogger reports:

So what does it mean to us bloggers? One can imagine that if the interface does undergo such a revolution - and it will happen at some point - the level of blog interaction will increase; the number of comments will rise dramatically, and you bloggers will enjoy writing and reading even more, having access to your scribble haven in a more convenient way.

Top e-paper with wireless technology (e.g. wimax), and you’ll have connected e-paper anywhere anytime. Imagine slipping your daily e-paper in the car instead of buying the local paper. Now you’ll be able to blog during traffic jams and moblogging (blogging via cellphones) will be a thing of the past.

Possibilities are countless and the people researching these technologies have such wild imaginations that I can rest assured tomorrow will have yet another basketful of e-surprises…