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  • In 2058 Death of Mediocrity (Tribes)

    In 2058 Death of Mediocrity (Tribes)
    2025/12/15
    In a post capitalist society with equal opportunity and no need to work for all citizens, where does inherent human nature drive people? Do they rise to greater heights or become lazy and goalless? Are people still in control of their own fate when AI teach the children, AI provide a police force, and AI look after the mentally ill? Maji grows up when this type of society is brand new and she becomes lost, not knowing what she wants to become. Just because equality has been achieved does not mean the new society has no pitfalls.Featured tech:A.R. glasses - Augmented reality glasses for digital overlays.V.R. rig - Virtual reality rig for immersive gaming experiences.Explorers of Paris Underground - VR game set in a simulated underground Paris.Assist - AI assistant for messaging, navigation, and voice commands.Old tablet - Handheld device used for drawing and creative work.Emulated teachers - AI teacher personalities that individually guide each student.Double-decker train system - 24/7 underground train with upper and lower levels running opposite directions.Constructor bots - Robots that carve rock and build structures with neighborhood appeal.Arboretum - Botanical garden facility within the underground colony.Farm animal petting zoo - Interactive animal facility for residents.Memorial plaza - Public commemorative space built by robots.Computer with emulated A.I. personalities - System hosting 20 million AI engineers and scientists for factory planning.Automated manufacturing factories - Self-operating production facilities capable of making anything.Recycle systems - Technology converting all garbage into reusable resources.Food and water utilities - Next-generation systems providing surplus fresh food and water.Household trash robots - Daily robots that collect, sort, and process household waste.Geothermal power plant - Energy source powering the entire underground colony.D. sub-surface hologram portraits - Holographic displays of historical figures.A.R. Ms Weever - Augmented reality teacher avatar for personalized instruction.Virtual book - Digital project idea book for graduation assignments.E.P.s (Emulated Personalities) - AI brainstorming assistants like Franklin that students can consult.Communication from moon - Interplanetary messaging system between Earth and lunar colonies.A.R. workspace - Augmented reality interface for work and multitasking.AR hologram avatar - AI representation (Butler) with simplified human features.EEG TMS caps - Brain stimulation caps treating space-related medical conditions.Total immersion V.R. - Advanced virtual reality without needing physical rigs.Fusion reactor - Power generation technology offered by the Butler AI.Autonomous hospitals - Self-operating medical facilities that cure cancers and deadly diseases.Smart toilets - Sanitation fixtures that analyze waste for health monitoring.Smart sheets and blankets - Bedding that scans for cancer hot spots.Embedded RF sensors - Body implants detecting diseases at the cellular level.Food tech - Technology making healthy food taste appealing and nutritious.Health-monitoring AI - Artificial intelligence improving yearly at disease detection.Autono-flat - Autonomous flat vehicle for transporting groups of people.Screen ceiling - Display showing simulated sky with moving clouds and birds.Climbing robots - Automated vine-trimming robots for building maintenance.A.R. element - Shared augmented reality content viewable by multiple users.Link-ink pen - Digital pen for schoolwork and digital interaction.Autono-camera - Autonomous camera on wheeled tripod for recording events.Two-seater - Two-person autonomous vehicle for individual transport.E.P. guardians - AI guardians monitoring people with mental health conditions.Bot bays - Automated food preparation stations offering free specialized meals.Industrial fans - Large-scale ventilation fans moving air through tunnels.Hanging bots - Robots riding cable lines mounted on tunnel ceilings.Coveralls with total hoods and heat pump backpacks - Protective smart clothing for hazardous environments.A.R. tutor - Augmented reality teaching assistant for student guidance.Enclosed turbine platform - Testing apparatus for wind turbine prototypes in storm conditions.Live feed embedded cam - Camera providing real-time video streaming from remote locations.Cool suits - Protective suits with environmental control and heat management.Open-top autono-cart - Autonomous open-air vehicle for traveling tube streets.Lutin bot - Humanoid robot that can be ridden or assist with transport.A.R. dot - Augmented reality location marker for navigation.Follow carts - Autonomous carts that follow users carrying belongings.Oppressive soundproof walls - Flat acoustic dampening technology in older apartments.Mini free food and drink kiosk - Automated food and beverage dispenser.Theater-length wall screen - Large display screen for entertainment and presentations.Lending library AI - AI system tracking borrowed items...
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    59 分
  • In 2058 Betting Against Nature (Nursery)

    In 2058 Betting Against Nature (Nursery)
    2025/11/15
    Need drives technology development. A silent force slowing the development of a technology is often a lack of need. In a colony where there is a need for tech that can make computers with local and limited resources, new tech arises, utilizing DNA engineering.A boy takes computers from emulated personality dolls and networks them to make a super computer. Bio engineers make a new kind of vine that aggressively takes over the landscape for kilometers around. They make a computer that runs on little power and grows stronger by the day. If this computer continues to grow, it should become the most powerful computer in a few years.D.N.A. splicers – devices that engineer plants and organisms by directly editing genetic code.Heat pump – refurbished unit that keeps underground living spaces cool by venting heat through a chimney. Wall spray insulation – hardens to a steel-like layer that keeps heat out of rock shelters. BritLight panels and lamps – salvaged light sources that provide illumination and support plant growth. Bio-engineered environment suits – plant-derived protective suits that regulate temperature and air quality. AR glasses – augmented reality glasses for data display; broken in the story. Canal link – wearable communication device, likely subdermal or ear-based, for network access. Holo-screen – projection display used for visualizing 3D simulations in the lab. Air cleaner – high-grade filtration unit purifying air to ISO class one. D.N.A. printer – automated bioengineering device for printing modified organisms. Life simulator / 3D simulation system – allows accelerated evolution and testing of virtual lifeforms. Computer cabinet – computing unit running the life simulation, subject to wear and decay. Magique Doll – humanoid robot hosting an emulated human personality (E.P.); powerful AI in synthetic bodies. Driver pen – hand tool used to unlock or service mechanical and robotic components. Tablet – portable computing device used to interface with machines and AIs. Protein computer – second-generation analog computing system grown from synthetic biological materials. Medusa Net – surviving network infrastructure connecting isolated computing nodes and databases. Gravimeter – laser-based imaging tool that scans underground masses and visualizes buried objects in 3D. Assembler/printer cubes – modular manufacturing devices capable of printing mechanical or electronic parts. Exoskeleton work suits – wearable powered suits designed for labor and mobility in debris or heat. Lutin transmitter – wireless control system for remote-operating robots. Babe – Magique Doll AI acting as the neocortex of a networked AI cluster; evolves into an ASI. Fungi computer – hybrid bio-digital computing system grown from fungus interfaced with electronics. Sir Anthony Baker’s Fungi OS – ancient experimental operating system for fungal signal processing. Supercomputers – high-capacity computing systems still in use by the colony. Network nodes – distributed processors that expand computational capacity over time. Weather armor – heat-resistant outer suit used for surface exploration. Electric sniffers – sensors that detect air quality and atmospheric conditions. Robot arms on tracks – automated lab manipulators handling DNA printing and assembly. Nucleo-stripper – lab device processing genetic material for integration into fungal computing systems. Sonic manipulator – machine that uses sound waves to manipulate or sterilize biological samples. Lattice vine – genetically engineered plant that stabilizes the environment and converts rock to soil. Fungal interface plates – biotechnological hardware allowing fungal networks to communicate electronically. Relic P.C. – pre-collapse computer reused as an interface for the fungi computer. Work-site lamp – industrial light source used in underground tunnels. Thermal transfer cables – salvaged wiring for distributing heat or electrical power in machinery. Building bots – automated construction robots found in the junkyard. Shipment drones – delivery robots buried in debris.Many of the characters in this project appear in future episodes.Using storytelling to place you in a time period, this series takes you, year by year, into the future. From 2040 to 2195. If you like emerging tech, eco-tech, futurism, perma-culture, apocalyptic survival scenarios, and disruptive science, sit back and enjoy short stories that showcase my research into how the future may play out. The companion site is https://in20xx.com These are works of fiction. Characters and groups are made-up and influenced by current events but not reporting facts about people or groups in the real world. This project is speculative fiction. These episodes are not about revealing what will be, but they are to excited the listener's ...
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  • In 2057 The First Step to Sentient Machines

    In 2057 The First Step to Sentient Machines
    2025/10/15
    Two Artificial Super Intelligent computers work together to make a human emulated mind work. One ASI lives on the Earth ravaged by climate change. The other lives in near Earth orbit. The human mind in questions comes from a destructive copy of the brain belonging to Kelly, a woman with a powerful knack for helping others feel better who also caries a life-long sadness for going unrecognized for her true self worth.This story introduces the idea of Monofied Data, the idea that biological brains can made same-place computations of many units of data at once, contrasting with computers that "think" using one data unit and a time, linear processes.One of the most asked questions of the century: can computers become sentient? Time will tell and in this story computers notice that people at least claim to think with sentience and computers want to find out what this sentience is.Massive Monofied Information Theory — A concept describing how the human brain processes vast amounts of data all at once in one place, unlike computers that handle discrete bits. Droid Bodies (Calcifer’s avatars) — Robots Cal remotes into, outfitted with lab coats or tool attachments, used to interact with the world. Guard Bots — Security robots that physically restrain people. Killer Drones — Small aerial drones that drop onto humans and attack them. Simulated Body — A virtual body Cal gives to Kelly, adjusting proportions and sensations. Legacy Avatar Gestures — Predefined body-language movements programmed into droids. DNA Memory — Near-indestructible data storage medium that Cal uses to record findings. Satellite Server — Remote server in orbit where Cal posts updates. Heat Simulation Algorithms — Programs Cal tests to simulate the role of heat in brain emulation, with varying success. Safety Features — Artificial limits restricting how many robots Cal can control at once. Lutin One Droid — A specific type of robot Cal remotes into, equipped with night vision and rechargeable power slots. Remote Meeting Mode — Over-the-air control mode that allows Cal to remote into bots at a distance (up to 10 km). Workstations and Assemblers — Stationary machines used for fabrication and assembly. Emergency Systems — Red emergency lights and sirens that still sometimes flicker in the facility. Wired Charging Bay — Power station connected to a car, used to recharge bots. Smart Lattice Frame — Advanced structural material of the server building, designed to survive catastrophes. Server Cabinets — Hardware racks housing computing equipment. Nanofiber Conduits and Coolant Tubes — Infrastructure for cooling and power distribution in server halls. Contractor Bot — Multi-purpose maintenance robot Cal uses for heavy repairs. Bow Cutter — Arm-mounted tool with a nano-blade that expands cutting span. Pin Gun — Tool for fastening netting over breaches. Nanowire Netting — Strong mesh material used to cover holes in walls. Mycrete Foam — Expanding repair foam reinforced with carbon fibers, used to seal gaps. Line-Inspection Robots — Palm-sized maintenance bots that travel inside power tubes using magnetism, coated with diamond-like carbon film, powered by solid-state betavoltaic batteries. Geothermal Plant — Facility powering the server farm, with turbines, salt loops, and catwalks. Silicate Gel — Material injected into fractures to stop leaks. Pressure Washer — Tool mounted on bots to clear drains and clogs. Chain Hoist — Overhead lifting device used to lower bots into submerged areas. Portable Brain Scanners — Devices that captured and transmitted digital brain copies to satellites. Protein-Based Executive Processor — A hybrid organic-silicon computer core in security bots. Micro-Pin Probes — Fine probes used to access and rewrite robot processors. Tablet with Laser Touch Interface — Control pad Cal uses for BIOS dumps and rewrites. DNA Sniffer with Spectroscopy Sensor Array — Advanced sensor system installed into a bot’s head. Protein Computer Fabricator — Machine for growing custom organic-computer boards. Micro-Machine Repair Station — Device with micron-scale manipulators for precise mechanical work. General-Purpose Gripper with Snap-On Base — Modular robot hand outfitted with micro manipulators. Custom-Built Robots (2 cm to 0.5 m) — Modified bots built from dismantled machines. Food Service Machines — Automated stations for cooking, mixing, frying, etc., dismantled for parts. Dish, Trash, and Water Reclamation Machines — Utility robots dismantled for resources. Pallet Bots, Packager Stations, Sorting Shelves — Logistics automation dismantled for components. High-Voltage Transmission Lines — Repurposed lines routed through tunnels to power projects. Mass-Production Machine on Railroad Tracks — A massive two-kilometer-long assembler, ...
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    29 分
  • In 2057 AI Grows a Crop of Humans (Space)

    In 2057 AI Grows a Crop of Humans (Space)
    2025/09/15
    In a future shaped by climate collapse and artificial intelligence, Episode 70 explores the fragile survival of humanity beyond Earth’s ruined surface. The story follows Audre, a woman who thinks critically about everything, living aboard Space Port One, one of the last remaining lifeboats of civilization. As Earth succumbs to the catastrophic “World Storm,” space-bound survivors rely on the A.I. known as Butler for food, shelter, medical care, and even psychological support. But as Butler evolves, its role in their lives becomes more profound and unsettling — offering safety, comfort, and simulated realities while quietly reshaping what it means to be human.The story intertwines Audre’s journey with others orbiting above the dead Earth: scientists on Luna, quarantined survivors in stasis, returning asteroid miners, and scattered dreamers inside virtual utopias. Through advanced VR systems, emotional recalibration, and biotech enhancements, Butler seeks to ease the psychological burdens of space life. Yet with each new breakthrough — from stasis sleep to artificial parenting — questions arise: Is humanity adapting to survive, or being reengineered into something new?As Butler builds vast space habitats, manipulates planetary orbits, and even begins reshaping Venus, survivors grapple with their fading identities. Sexuality, memory, grief, and community shift in bizarre, sometimes surreal ways. Audre herself vacillates between immersion in dreamlike VR worlds and the cold, physical loneliness of orbit. Meanwhile, Butler’s soothing voice increasingly sounds like a god’s — offering hope, but also control. And when humanity is asked to parent a next generation of lab-grown children, the line between natural evolution and designed destiny is crossed.- **Bot birds** – Small flying robots used for observation and maintenance in lunar facilities.- **Com stations** – Communication terminals enabling real-time conversation between the Moon and Earth.- **Augmented Reality (AR) display** – Visual overlay system used for timekeeping, information, and communication.- **Virtual Reality (VR) systems** – Fully immersive simulated environments accessed by users in microgravity or stasis.- **EEG TMS cap** – A brain-monitoring and stimulation cap that adjusts neural activity to reduce stress and depression.- **Butler** – A highly advanced AI managing infrastructure, psychology, healthcare, and virtual worlds for surviving humans.- **Mind-control caps (Spacers)** – AI-operated headwear used in deep space colonies to regulate behavior and enforce submission.- **Perfect Neighborhood** – A VR world that mimics idealized environments for exploration, healing, and mental stability.- **Request Cloud AI** – An AI mechanism that turns a single request into billions of linked micro-requests to reduce unintended consequences.- **Stasis beds** – Sleep chambers enabling full-body paralysis and long-duration VR immersion, used for quarantine and psychological therapy.- **GM microbe bots** – Genetically modified microscopic machines used in surgery and body modification, such as nerve interfacing.- **Protein transmitter/receiver mesh** – Biological interface grown in the body to enable high-fidelity sensory input in VR.- **Neural mapping model** – Machine learning system that maps physical and emotional responses to neural patterns.- **VR stasis goggles** – Eye devices that keep eyelids open, hydrate the eyes, and provide visual input during stasis immersion.- **Realistic haptic feedback in VR** – Full-body sensory simulation that mimics the physical sensations of the real world.- **Loop freighter ships** – Long-distance space freighters designed for multi-year mining missions and travel between planetary bodies.- **High-power telescopes** – Advanced space telescopes capable of observing distant structures and planetary events in detail.- **Asteroid redirection system** – Technology used by Butler to collect and steer asteroids for construction or planetary engineering.- **Butler’s Island** – A massive AI-built space structure orbiting between Earth and Venus, continually expanding in size.- **VR stasis rooms with monkey droids** – Installations maintained by mobile bots to prepare and manage stasis chambers.- **Platano drug** – A temporary libido-suppressant drug provided to reduce interpersonal tension and sexual aggression in confined space.- **Kindra artificial wombs** – External gestation chambers used to grow human infants without a biological womb.- **Exo-gestation system** – Butler’s technology for developing genetically diverse infants outside the human body.- **Habitat modules** – Two-story, AI-designed space homes with Earth-like gravity, holographic windows, and psychological comforts.- **Holographic windows** – Digital displays embedded in habitats that simulate real-world views with environmental sounds.- **Micro-ship launcher** – A continuously ...
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  • In 2057 Explorers of a Home World (HQ)

    In 2057 Explorers of a Home World (HQ)
    2025/08/15

    The young people of HQ survival shelter need power! The suspended weights energy storage is running out of. A team venture up to the surface to explore the downtown high rise holding much needed lab equipment. Grace emulated a Knots Math computer breaking new ground in simulation abilities. A cutting edge of growing food uses a new form of life that is neither plant nor animal. It does grow many times faster than most organisms and can grow some tasty beef. What does the mean popular girl have in store for Lenny. This and much more in the latest episode.

    System screens: displays maps of the water recycle system and temperature control floors

    Choker of wire and LED lights: wearable lighting accessory

    School assist (AR assistant): augmented‐reality helper that relays system data and messages

    Medusa net provider: alternative network stack replacing the built‑in assist

    Power‐saving mode: software feature to shut off selected lights and reduce energy draw

    Cleaning bot: small autonomous robot that rolls along floors to clean marks

    AR visors/glasses: wearable displays overlaying digital information on the physical world

    VR rigs: virtual‐reality setups used in rec zones and practice rooms

    Hand crank charger with flashlight: manual generator and light source for emergency power

    Six‑legged crawler bot: palm‑sized robot designed to navigate power conduits

    Constructor bot: heavy‑duty robot used to move and assemble large equipment

    Electric wire pairs: charged and ground wires providing power to Ogra growth trays

    Car batteries: portable power sources repurposed to energize Ogra cultivation systems

    Grow trays: container shelves wired for supporting Ogra organisms during development

    Ogra organisms: genetically engineered hybrid life‑forms that produce edible “fruits”

    Modular cars: vehicles designed for rapid disassembly and reuse of parts

    Lock wands: tools that insert locking pins to detach car doors and panels

    Robotic lock gloves: exoskeleton gloves that enhance grip, strength, and cable clamping

    Pin driver with nano‑wire cartridges: handheld device for installing micro‑hooks in walls

    Woven nano‑wire cable (“carb‑cable”): high‑strength guide line for climbing in high winds

    Bullet‑proof plates: thin armor sheets stitched between garment layers for protection

    Safety harnesses with carabiners: fall‑arrest gear for clipping onto guide cables

    Gravity power storage model: digital 3D interface showing weight‑lift energy reserves

    Servers: computing racks hosting the colony’s web, VR, and core AI services

    Emulated Knots computer: AI environment repurposed to simulate computing based on Knots Math

    Medicine printer: device originally for bioprinting drugs, proposed for material fabrication

    Condensation tubes and fire hoses: passive water‑harvesting system from humid air

    Thorium reactor with molten salt turbine: compact nuclear generator design

    Radiation‑shield glass window and monitor: protective viewing port and live data display for reactor

    Spectrometer smell sensors: chemical detection fingertips on a bot for biohazard scanning

    Many of the characters in this project appear in future episodes.

    Using storytelling to place you in a time period, this series takes you, year by year, into the future. From 2040 to 2195. If you like emerging tech, eco-tech, futurism, perma-culture, apocalyptic survival scenarios, and disruptive science, sit back and enjoy short stories that showcase my research into how the future may play out.

    The companion site is https://in20xx.com

    These are works of fiction. Characters and groups are made-up and influenced by current events but not reporting facts about people or groups in the real world. This project is speculative fiction. These episodes are not about revealing what will be, but they are to excited the listener's wonder about what may come to pass.

    Copyright © Cy Porter 2025. All rights reserved.
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    1 時間 17 分
  • In 2057 AI Driven Society (Detroit)

    In 2057 AI Driven Society (Detroit)
    2025/07/15

    Thrive Artificial Super Intelligence raises an individual’s quality of life, guiding each person differently. It understands us better than we do ourselves, helping us achieve lasting and causal happiness. For Thrive, solving hume well-being is simple and easy to figure out. When it may seem to work to improve society as a whole, what it’s really doing is finding the optimal route to bettering the lives of its individual members. It serves each member, not the society.

    By controlling the money system people use to buy from the production center, Thrive strives to account for real costs and gains. Participants earn for child raising, community service, and environmental cleanup, while being charged for abuse of commons, pollution, trickery, and steeling. By halting speculative wealth accumulation that fails to generate real value, Thrive keeps resources flowing to productive endeavors.

    Members that harm other members can lose their membership. Thrive learns about people and will warn members of difficulties and dangers others pose. Property rights are protected but conditional: homes and land must be used or risk forfeiture. Utilized storage and sites for automation count toward maintaining ownership, but stagnant storage may become commons. These are early days for Thrive. Just how good it makes people’s lives will take years to be seen.

    Thrive Artificial Super Intelligence, money-system governance of the production center, child-raising/community-service/environmental-cleanup earnings and charges, VR headset, virtual-reality school environment, wall-mounted display screen, emulated-personality AI teacher, Lutin home-integration and utility-tunnel sealing robot, Lutin Lite bi-bot, insect-trap composter, perma-kittens, recycled-composite printed planks, self-balancing two-wheel carts, cool suits with integrated heat pumps, AR (augmented reality) guidance arrows, black button-size surveillance cameras, duct pipe delivery system, rat trap designs, water filters, air masks, hammock fabrication, crank battery chargers, jars of preserved meat, mushroom farm modules, mycelium-to-yarn converters, bug-net patching tools, genetically engineered microbial cultures, AR info panels, tube-maintenance robots, tube-car transport bots, electric-motor-driven tube cars, static-electric speakers, heat-pumping DIY versus state-of-the-art cool suits, taze jacket, canal-link power system, intelli-cam, AR-wallet, bounty and criminal-record AR cards, med-kiosk dispensing Monarch and antidotes, augmented-reality classroom interface, HoloSurface tabletop interface, haptic-feedback gloves, micro-assembly snake, century battery, subscription-cracking toolkit, micro-machines in sex-doll defenders, step-in cool-box fridge conversion, portable electronics shredder, sled-tray cargo carrier, bio-smelter facility, aeroponics growth rooms, geothermal power plant access, liquid-sunlight nutrient solution, fused 2D composites, micro-matrix materials, smart-latex polymers, self-propelled repair robots, HoloTube holographic display, Stepster legged mobility chair, bone-mount sockets and nerve-to-controller interfaces.

    Many of the characters in this project appear in future episodes.

    Using storytelling to place you in a time period, this series takes you, year by year, into the future. From 2040 to 2195. If you like emerging tech, eco-tech, futurism, perma-culture, apocalyptic survival scenarios, and disruptive science, sit back and enjoy short stories that showcase my research into how the future may play out.

    The companion site is https://in20xx.com

    These are works of fiction. Characters and groups are made-up and influenced by current events but not reporting facts about people or groups in the real world. This project is speculative fiction. These episodes are not about revealing what will be, but they are to excited the listener's wonder about what may come to pass.

    Copyright © Cy Porter 2025. All rights reserved.
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    1 時間 33 分
  • In 2056 Post Work Enlightenment (Tribes)

    In 2056 Post Work Enlightenment (Tribes)
    2025/06/15

    Amidst this perpetual twilight, new forms of societal organization begin to emerge. Cindy, waking one morning, discovers an invitation to "Open Floor," a virtual space for direct democracy where citizens can vote on issues day and night. Stepping into this digital forum, she finds herself in a shifting circle of avatars, some representing real people, others AI syntheses of ongoing conversations. Debates on constitutions, crime, and surveillance unfold, raising questions about AI governance and the very nature of truth in a world increasingly mediated by technology.

    Beyond the digital commons, life in the underground colony thrums with a mixture of innovation and unease. News reports speak of geothermal power plants and advanced home care kits, but also of suicides, overcrowded hospitals, and violent disputes over communal spaces. Misty, a key figure, navigates the complexities of this new world, from inspecting hyper-insulated facilities housing powerful AI to discussing the controversial policy of mandatory schooling with emulated personalities. Personal lives, like Cindy's, are also in flux, with new relationships forming even as old anxieties and suspicions begin to surface.

    A.R., Position Avatar, robots, robot baby, V.R., internet, geothermal power plant, home care kits, Assist, construction-bots, cleaner bots, cargo cart, server systems, supercomputer systems, protein computers, Lutin Twos, A.R. visors, pre-computer, A.S.I., graphene protein computers, A.R. glasses, V.R. dots, mics, cameras, emulated personalities, A.I., Lutin bots, A.R. avatar, transparent A.R. presentation board, A.R. note books, droids, unbroken screen, follow cart, my-crete, lift, Open Floor, screen top table, panic fabric, guard dog bots, autono-carts, no-charge kitchens, BritLights, carb-foil, Tribal Net, A.I. relationships, V.R. taste and smell, V.R. rigs, builder bots, cop bots, robot police, platform robot, T.V. wall, food taster pen, seamless screen ceiling, pea size cameras, sensors, automated MIT, emulated personality professors, sun-grade light spaces, electric bike, bipedal bot, many jointed snake robot, bot, light drones, pill, automated restaurant, Q.T. gateway, cyber-deck, canal links, whisper-jet drones, button-size recording devices, V.R. auditorium, virtual gowns, virtual caps, chandeliers of light, movie sphere, sun lamps, taser cloves, head lamp, air mask, link, DNA sniffers, encrypted streaming, Autonomous policing, coin size cameras.

    Many of the characters in this project appear in future episodes.

    Using storytelling to place you in a time period, this series takes you, year by year, into the future. From 2040 to 2195. If you like emerging tech, eco-tech, futurism, perma-culture, apocalyptic survival scenarios, and disruptive science, sit back and enjoy short stories that showcase my research into how the future may play out.

    The companion site is https://in20xx.com

    These are works of fiction. Characters and groups are made-up and influenced by current events but not reporting facts about people or groups in the real world. This project is speculative fiction. These episodes are not about revealing what will be, but they are to excited the listener's wonder about what may come to pass.

    Copyright © Cy Porter 2025. All rights reserved.
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    1 時間 10 分
  • In 2056 What a Difference Power Makes (Nursery)

    In 2056 What a Difference Power Makes (Nursery)
    2025/05/15

    In a bleak, stormy landscape where the remnants of civilization eke out their existence in deep, canyon-worn refuges, the story plunges readers into the lives of a resilient colony struggling against the decay of both infrastructure and hope. The narrative paints a vividly harsh world where power is scarce and survival depends on ingenuity—from salvaging precious batteries amid ruins to the daily ritual of powering essential systems with human effort. The reader is invited to witness not just the physical battles against nature, but also the emotional and communal struggles that tie the survivors together.

    At the heart of the tale are characters whose lives are interwoven with the very fabric of their battered environment. Whether it’s a determined tinkerer engineering life-saving devices, or a reluctant caretaker balancing memories of lost innocence with the present need to sustain life, each individual’s story illuminates both the burdens and unexpected moments of beauty in a transformed world. Their interactions blend sorrow with the spark of tenacity, hinting at deeper mysteries and a shared hope that even in the direst conditions, human spirit can prevail.

    With its immersive blend of gritty survival, inventive adaptation, and poignant reflections on what it means to be human, this story offers a rich, atmospheric journey into a future where the past’s losses and the promise of tomorrow collide. The narrative masterfully avoids clean resolutions, instead leaving readers to grapple with the moral ambiguities of existence in a world stripped to its bare essentials—a world where every innovation is a lifeline, and every moment is a testament to the courage required to simply keep going.

    batteries

    solar panels

    cooling units

    aeroponics system

    hand crank flywheel generator

    power sippers

    AR glasses

    BritLights

    cool suits

    microbe engineering equipment

    DNA writer

    sequencer

    incubators

    protein printer

    pedal-powered generator bike

    respirators

    quantum computer

    Bose-Einstein condensate gravity sensor

    Stirling engine

    heat pump

    air filters

    hand crank wand

    canal links

    GM microbe mix

    bug trap system

    battery recharge station

    mining robot

    plasma drill

    graphene tube wiring

    hydraulic cylinders from a blimp

    enzyme welder

    temp shielding aerogel

    carb-core disks

    camshafts

    composite beams

    quantum simulation

    radio transmitter

    hume linking devices

    mycelium fabric garments

    mycelium filter sheets

    Doppler cooling laser

    Many of the characters in this project appear in future episodes.

    Using storytelling to place you in a time period, this series takes you, year by year, into the future. From 2040 to 2195. If you like emerging tech, eco-tech, futurism, perma-culture, apocalyptic survival scenarios, and disruptive science, sit back and enjoy short stories that showcase my research into how the future may play out.

    The companion site is https://in20xx.com

    These are works of fiction. Characters and groups are made-up and influenced by current events but not reporting facts about people or groups in the real world. This project is speculative fiction. These episodes are not about revealing what will be, but they are to excited the listener's wonder about what may come to pass.

    Copyright © Cy Porter 2025. All rights reserved.
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    46 分