The Geek Church

Motorola Milestone gets Android 2.1, in Bulgaria. All of Europe to follow?

Here’s the Joos Orange Personal Solar Appliance.

Check out this LA Robe Tablet for Wacom tablets.

Amazon Wireless is expanding their wireless offerings for T-Mobile.

Today, you can get Flaboo, an iPhone and iPod Touch game for free.

You want to get the iPad on a wall with ModulR.

Check out the HP “Let’s Do Amazing” campaign.

The Unreal Engine is now on WebOS.

Some of you might be familiar with jailbreaking an iPhone. It can be made easy with the iDongle.

The JooJoo tablet interface is getting an update.

Here’s a new viewfinder from Sony on their cameras.

Here’s the Panasonic Touch the Future Tour.

Here’s a little device to make music with Lego, with this synthesizer.

Lastly, Tropicana has created an artificial sun.

In today’s reading, Paul apologizes for his actions, when, in actuality, the person who should have slapped him should really apologize.

Go ahead and read Numbers 27-28, Acts 23, and then the entry.

Hey, you’ve heard of virtual reality, haven’t you? The simulation for a real world environment generated by a computer. Yeah, that’s the virtual reality I’m talking about. The kind you can experience in a science center or at a technology convention, not exaggerated depictions seen in movies like The Lawnmower Man or The Matrix. Usually, the experience of virtual reality is made available to the common man through special glasses, computer screens and stereoscopic displays for visual effects and speakers and headphones for sensory effects. Sometimes, other devices such as a wired glove is also used for interaction with a simulated environment. But what about a giant hamster-like ball for humans to walk in for their virtual experience?

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When it comes to sports, there’s a certain appeal about it, right? Athletes, sports employees and fans alike enjoy it for different reasons. It could be the impressive skill performed on the field, the drama of a grudge match between bitter rivals, the thrill of seeing your favorite team or athlete score a victory or simply the joy of playing the game yourself. All of these things have one common element: the aspect of human involvement and experience. So, here’s a question to consider, sports fans. How much should technology be involved in sports and is it right to use it to start replacing certain aspects of the human element?

FIFA has already decided what their view is on this issue. They don’t want technology to replace human goalies for the game of soccer. Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA recently stated that automated devices will not be used to monitor activity and record score points for the goal line for the World Cup this year. His argument is that the human element must be protected for all levels of soccer, including six-grade leagues. However, Blatter’s stance on this issue does raise the question of how can score disputes and other complicated game-affecting circumstances be properly sorted out if technology’s use is limited or excluded altogether. See exactly what he had to say after the jump.

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