As a final send-up for last week's JavaOne trade show, we take a look at some of the things on Java creator James Gosling's technology agenda, including robotic store shelves and mobile Java on Mars.
by Sue Spielman
June 18, 2003
avaOne alumni know that if you want to get a true geek's-eye glimpse of the technological future, try to get close to James Gosling. This year Gosling, who is a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems and the uncontested father of the Java language, not only engaged attendees during the Wednesday morning keynote, but also provided daily show commentary in his Web log on java.net.
In the keynote, Gosling demonstrated everything from a medieval 'trebuchet' (which is a counterweight gravity-powered balance engine that can be used to fling things—in this case, Duke T-shirts) to the Real Time Specification for Java (RTSJ).
James Gosling
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Sue Spielman is senior consulting engineer for Switchback Software, a best-selling author of technology books including her upcoming titles, 'The Web Conferencing Book' (Amacom) and 'JSTL: Practical Guide for JSP Programmers' (MK), as well as a speaker on various Java topics around the country. Reach her by e-mail .
avaOne alumni know that if you want to get a true geek's-eye glimpse of the technological future, try to get close to James Gosling. This year Gosling, who is a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems and the uncontested father of the Java language, not only engaged attendees during the Wednesday morning keynote, but also provided daily show commentary in his 
Sue Spielman is senior consulting engineer for 
