Tech Watch
by Jake Prendergast
Gizmo Digest
October 2004

Have you seen the ads for that new handheld? The one with the phone, mp3 player, internet access, digital camera and email capabilities that is small enough to fit into a Sucrets box? No? Well, the likelihood of you finding one of those at your local tech store just got a little slimmer. The reason why no one will be getting one of those for Christmas is because the man whose innovative technology was going to make that possible is now missing.

Do you remember Flight 815, the plane that mysteriously disappeared on its way from Sydney to LA? In seat 23-C sat Harold Wollstein, who was poised to lead the next wave of digital technology. The man that would make a watch-sized blackberry a thing of the present joined the fate of the other 400+ passengers.

We don't know what happened to Harold any more than we know what happened to his research. Word in Silicone Valley is that all of Harold's research was in his laptop on board the plane, headed to an important meeting with the CEOs of the companies leading the nano-technology revolution. But the truth may never be discovered, about the crash or about Harold's top secret work.