What's a good topic for independent study/project?

<span class="value">Hi I'm taking an independent project during the
summer at school. The prof. told me to come up with a good topic or a
good project. He likes doing GUI in Java and I like the same too.
So
I was thinking a on doing a project in Java instead of doing research.
He told me to present to him a good topic and explain what I am
planning on doing.
Any of you have any ideas on what would be kind of cool to project to do in Java? These are things I'm looking for:
1. Must be in Java
2. Must use GUI
3. It's a 300-level course so not too complicated, but not too easy.
4. It's a project for the whole summer, so something a bit extensive.
Thanks for any ideas.

Image manipulation - load your picture and do things to it like change colors, morph it, outline it (that is fairly complicated.)
Embedded secret messages in the image. Research the topic first and then implement it.
Create a 3 dimensional desktop simulator. Thus instead of icons in two dimensions the exist in 3 with some way to 'walk' to new views while maintaining perspective on those around you.

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