The Geek Church

First, let’s look into walking across the water. You might not be Peter, but man, it is cool.

Here’s something to raise your cholesterol: The Desktop Donut Factory.

NY Photo Festival will give you four hours free with a Leica M9.

Brando is making a camcorder with many interchangeable lenses.

Want to go around the world in 80 seconds? Click here.

This is the Netflix Stealth, to give HD streaming to both the PC and the Mac.

This is the Samsung SyncMaster MD Series.

The LA Cable Show is going to have some serious Panasonic 3D.

Sprint announces the pricing and release date for the HTC Evo 4G. I was actually supposed to attend this event in New York, but I had problems with my flight.

This is a Quirky iPad Cradle.

Here’s some fancy Bluetooth accessories from Novero.

Those who want an App about the iPhone should check out TapTilt magazine.

Here’s a removable dial for touchscreens.

There are plans to get the entire continent of Africa to get Free Wi-Fi.

It is amazing what you can do with a Wiimote and projector. See this Glasses free virtual reality game here.

This is a two-story tall BlackBerry, and you should see its features.

This is a GPS device known as the Garmin nuvi 295W.

Rumor has it that there is a PSP2 on the way, to be unveiled at E3.

In this culture, we’ve grown accustomed to receiving information from screens on the personal devices, professional equipment and machines we currently use in this technological age. Of course, desktops, laptops, netbooks, smartphones and digital cameras are among the devices that give us relevant information on a screen. However, a day may come when screens become obsolete and holographic displays will be the new standard for giving information.

Frog Design believes that this day is approaching and they have developed some concepts for the holographic display as a source of information. One of their ideas is called Bodynet, a constant health monitor that shows information about the effects that a specific activity you’re involved in or specific food you’re about to eat is most likely to have on your body. According to Frog Design, the concept of Bodynet could be used in restaurants where the holographic display would be projected from your food tray. Other design ideas from Frog Design include the ThingBook, a holographic catalog for a variety of products you’d want to buy and the Whuffie Meter, a holographic display of your social standing. The Whuffie Meter would be shown in an open environment to determine your personal status by the clothing you choose to wear.

These concepts by Frog Design certainly explore the possibilities of receiving information from something other than the screen of a electronic device and could become available by 2020. However, I have to wonder how practical it would be to make holographic displays the new standard for receiving or giving information. Using this concept on our current technology and technology of the future is likely to make high financial costs for the general consumer, making such products less desirable due to their price. Besides, we also need to consider how realistic it is to make holographic displays effective in the real world. Right now, this concept seems to exist mainly in the realm of science fiction.

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Research companies, scientists and inventors continue to explore new concepts in warfare technology to develop better weapons, equipment and vehicles for the military. One of the primary goals in their research is to make our troops safer on the battlefield and find ways to decrease the dangers they face in active duty. Now Boeing seeks to keep fighter pilots out of deadly aerial combat through their recent development of a new, unmanned stealth aircraft.

This stealth jet is called the Phantom Ray, a remote-controlled aircraft that is thirty-six feet long and is very similar to the size of a fighter jet. This aerial vessel was designed with its engine hidden within its fuselage so it can’t be easily detected by infrared, imaging devices. According to Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing’s CEO of Defense, Space and Security, the Phantom Ray will be a means for testing new technologies for military operations such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Furthermore, this stealth aircraft is intended to serve functions that include suppression of enemy air defenses, electronic attack and automatic aerial refueling. The Phantom Ray is meant to open up an entirely new world of opportunities in military technology.

Nonetheless, the main selling point of this stealth aircraft that it was created to operate without the need for a human pilot, making it a lighter vessel capable of speeds up to 614 miles per hour. The Phantom Ray is also designed to perform aerial maneuvers in flight that a person couldn’t survive, so it is meant to wage warfare without putting soldiers in harm’s way. Test flights of this stealth aircraft will be conducted during the summer.

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I’m sure you know that since I split up the chapters and am following two sets of characters, it is only a matter of time before their paths cross. Unfortunately, this is not that chapter, but still very exciting.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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