The Device Bay technology, spearheaded by Intel, Microsoft and Compaq, is expected to be supported in future Intel chipsets and related products, versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows NT, and commercial and consumer products. The technology is being developed in response to customers' desires to easily upgrade and customize their PCs and peripherals. The technology also enables PC manufacturers to provide a wide variety of configurations in a flexible and affordable manner. In addition to providing the ability to mix and match peripherals, Device Bay is expected to make it easier to service and upgrade PCs, thus decreasing the total cost of ownership and improving the ownership experience for all customers. Currently the IEEE 1394 is only being used as a connection to digital cameras and camcorders as such connections are digital and don't need to be converted to analog which would degrade the quality.
Some inventions take longer to mature and become marketable.
After 15 years of development, the first commercially available full-color plasma panel is here. This is really interesting technology. Only recently were phosphors developed for full-color displays, along with new fabrication techniques required to accommodate the red, green, and blue phosphors. Plasma will enable screens much larger than is economically practical with conventional CRT or even LCD technology. L.C. Rees does a good job with a brief introduction to the mysteries of the eXtensible markUp language and the other stuff.