Science Fiction : In the factory of 2075

 

Science Fiction : In the factory of 2075

Humans have somehow managed to forsake their despicable lifestyle, and in 2075, they are investing in technologies with no invidious outcome, whatsoever. At least that is what they are pursuing with utmost earnestness. And this approach is beginning to establish itself as an inveterate tendency in most of the humans in 2075. Although, there are a few prohibitive aspects of the technology that they are investing in to achieve 100% eco friendly manufacturing, there are many aspects of technology that with right moderation are bound to achieve ultimate eco friendliness, where carbon footprint is reduced to its lowest possible.  

It definitely is a good and an encouraging change, but for it to set in as a manner among the human populace in 2075, would still need sometime. Because, “manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.”

When it comes to determining the authenticity of such magnanimous claims, one should not be credulous. And without sounding exceptionable, I wooed time to allow me to look into the future and establish the facts myself. 

When I placed this request before Time, it looked at me, while its moments kept passing at their pace, right before my eyes. Then, without exasperating me, time said, “So you want to know whether or not humans have learned their lessons and if they are able to adopt eco-friendly development of products and execution of services, without thinking that Nature and Earth are expendable. Well, I have good news for you. In 2075, they are doing very well; Climate Change and Global Warming are receiving expeditious response and action from every country, with equal contribution, if not in terms of financial support, but certainly in terms of spreading awareness and doing whatever little every human being can do to prevent Earth from exploding under this pressure created by human activities. I do not have to travel into the future because I am already there. Without me future would not exist! And respecting your genuine keenness, let me offer you a tour of one of the factories established in 2075. Are you ready?”

I, without wasting a moment, answered, “Sure, I am. Please let us proceed.” 

Then time did something, the moments that appeared to be in a state of constant motion, came to a stand still, then light particles, photons gathered around each moment, and these moments of time, circled by photons, whirled around me. I felt a strange stream of energy flowing through me, where I felt my state had changed and the atoms that represented me, due to this intense charge, assumed a different form, and then in an instant I zipped through time and landed into the future.

However, while I was moving through these streams of time I came across a few dark zones and I asked time why these zones were dark? And it replied, “They are dark, because light has not traveled here yet. I am everywhere, way ahead of light. Wherever there is mass, or anything with the ability to experience gravity, I exist. So I exist even in the tiniest particle. But photons being particles too, have to enter this state of inertia, in order to travel through the Universe. And I am always there waiting for it. ( I exist whenever new universe is created. But light is created when new universes are formed and it has to travel through this new universe. Whereas I exist by virtue of the Universe that gets created. If you understand what I mean! ) Anyway, this is 2075, and you are in the factory of 2075. Discover it, and after 4 hours I will be back to transport you to your originating time zone.

I shrugged a bit, then shook my head, and finally as my mind began exploring the reality of 2075, as a part of my own reality- The reality of my atomic existence in 2075. I was dazed for a while, and then the marvel of 2075 stood right in front of me. With careful steps, I walked towards it and entered the factory of 2075. 

Here is what I saw:

Specimens of dinosaurs. And in one corner rested their huge nails. Thick, rock solid masses of keratin. I wondered why they had been stacked there? And out of all things, dinosaur nails. But being in the factory of 2075, I had no reason to believe that it was a feckless act of a few scientists working at the lab.

I strolled for a few moments, with this thought still occupying my imagination. Then, I came across a few scientists who held these dinosaur nails. Thick, dark, and solid. They placed them under some high precision microscopes, and examined their structure. 

As they examined this data, and compared it with human nails, with keratin as base building block in both, one of them took it and placed it inside a glass chamber. It was a piece of history that was now left to rest in peace.

However, for the scientists their main experiment had just got started. They used few organic compounds, and then using high end 4D printers they began casting phone covers, laptop bases, wrist watch straps ( with varying flexibility and softness. The scientists had studied nails of other species too where the keratin is softer, by combining it with dinosaur nails they had succeeded in developing hybrid form of keratin ) bottles etc. etc. With this advancement they had replaced plastic with keratin. Although keratin takes time to degrade, it is a much better option than plastic and it is highly durable. 

Moreover, in this factory they still followed the principles of conventional production line, first proposed by Mr. Ford. However, in 2075, they had added few extra layers to it to ensure the following:

1- Re-usability 

For example, reusability of every keratin based cover or products like smartphones. Wherein the customer, who owns an apple phone in 2075, needs to come to the apple store, where he/she orders a new and latest version of the smartphone, but his/her new phone with new processor, circuit/mother board etc. is placed in the keratin case of the old phone. 

And the old processor and old circuit board of the old phone, is offered to customers who do not wish to invest in new phones, but are happy with using older and cost effective versions. And these phones come with a memory chip which is part of the motherboard/circuit board. Once the iPhone user receives his/her new phone. This secondary memory chip is extracted and destroyed in front of him/her. Then a new memory chip is inserted in the motherboard and it is ready to be sold again.

But, this has been a cause of great debate because few products attract customers based on performance and the physical appearance of the product. And due to standardisation, achieving design related uniqueness has become a major problem.

However, the companies have been wise and considerate enough, to set up exclusive 4D printer facilities, where the old case is accepted and then a new one is produced for the customer based on the new design of the latest smartphone model. 

Then what happens to the old case? 

The companies mass produce phones with the main skeleton i.e. motherboard, processor etc. and then they use old keratin cases received from customers buying new phones, and these unsold versions of the smartphone skeletons are placed in these old cases. Which are sprayed with a layer of organic enamel to make them look fresh and appealing. 

2- Standardisations

There are still many players in every sector, and there is stiff competition. However, due to the Universal Production line, the size of motherboards, processors, chips, silicon chips etc. is the same everywhere. This ensures standardisation of the production line at all stages, because few products have a dependency on third party expertise, these third parties need to follow the same protocol. This practice has brought a cyclic production and reuse based economy into effect. Thereby limiting waste, redundancy, energy and inefficiency. A perfect synchronisation. Almost like the melody of the great master of the symphony, Mozart.

3- Universally identified and accepted procurement hubs

For example, India has become one of the world giants in production of organic rubber produced from rubber plantations, along with other countries. It has also become a leading procurement center for smart clothes. Where India has developed a technology that helps them, add pigments to clothes, by emulating chlorophyll like synthesis in plants ( For example maple leaves are brown, red and green etc.) Indian scientists have mastered this organic synthesis of colours and they use a highly advanced technology to apply it on smart clothes of 2075.

Europe is leading in wind mill and nuclear technologies and it is the designated center of this expertise. The USA has emerged as the world leader in smart technologies, especially computer focused and it is the world’s hub of computer related production and procurement. It is also a pioneer in space exploration.

UAE and the Arab nations have become green power supplying grids of the world. They have invested heavily in solar farming, and they generate enough power to earn them more revenue than an oil based economy. Few machines across the globe still work on fossil fuel, but the fuel prices have been kept high so that less consumption of oil does not hurt their economies. Overall a well balanced world where a symbiotic association is encouraged at all stages. Well that is how it appeared to me. 

In addition to this, the Arab nations are the world leaders when it comes to producing organic and healthiest forms of sugar extracted from dates. And they are the main procurement center for this sugar. India has also emerged as one of the main players in biotechnology, along with few countries in Europe.

4- Data driven and managed economies

Everything is data driven, except personal lives of people, and without being a surveillance state. It is data driven when it comes to : new jobs created, potential of each economy to support its people, health policies, maintaining a good standard of living etc.

5- Housing and real estate

It is not what it used to be in 2023. Housing projects are managed by highly educated engineers, scientists, where a smart house is not considered to be smart until its design ensures net zero carbon footprint. Houses work on cluster design, where for example one air pump is used to cool and heat the homes based on requirement. Despite the fact that they may be 200 meters apart, or more. Those who prefer to live in huge farm houses and want extra privacy, they invest in individual air pumps. 

With all charging ports being the same now, the devices still need to be charged. Each house is designed in a way that it produces enough energy to charge these low energy requiring devices i.e. smart phones, watches, laptops etc.

6- Smart highways

There are highways with a layer of smart material spread on the surface of these highways, and whenever vehicles ply on it, the friction caused by tyres generates charge, this charge gets stored in mini transformers placed on highways, which are used to charge electric vehicles or supply power to nearby homes. These homes also possess other sources of electricity to depend on. Because it can happen, that on the highway, due to some reason no vehicles ply on a certain day. Then the homes that depend on this power supply will experience endless power outages.

Well that was the keratin department along with other innovation and standardisation initiatives that appealed to me in 2075.

In this factory, at another end, there was a group of scientists who had perfected the technique to produce spider-like silk, and then strengthen it based on the salivary glands of moths that produce glue-like chemicals to generate their shell/cocoon. Which has a well balanced amount of wax mixed in it. The combination of spider silk and moth saliva with wax content, is used to produce thin plastic like sheets. It is used to manufacture waterproof carry bags, packaging material, and for higher durability and flexibility, they add biodegradable and transparent plastic mesh to these sheets.

In the pioneering innovations section of the factory there are hallmarks of brave and brilliant human achievements in the fields of science and technology. One such innovation that caught my attention immediately was the research being conducted on fish scales, which are transparent and glass like. And the experts here wish to emulate the molecular structure of these fish scales to create degradable glass for smart devices with touch screen ability. However, they appear to be struggling with one major problem: With too much and frequent swiping on the screen developed from fish scales, the screen loses its smoothness after a few months and the touch screen’s responsiveness drops. The experts working on this project are looking for the best ways to overcome this handicap. 

One of the experts from the team believes that human nails and teeth have the ability to generate natural enamel like layer to protect teeth and nails from natural corrosion. And if they can figure out the exact process involved in generating this natural enamel, and then apply it on these screens, they will be able to overcome this inefficiency in the organic smart screens, which tend to turn coarse after constant friction, unlike glass.

They are hopeful of a breakthrough soon.

With widespread use of technology the need for servers has increased by many folds. And maintaining servers needs a lot of energy, especially when it comes to keeping them cool enough, to achieve the highest efficiency points. Servers in broad sense are information centres, from where information is retrieved and served to the end users, and they are information storage units as well, where whatever information is uploaded or shared gets stored . This incoming and outgoing flow of information at incredibly high speeds puts a lot of processing pressure on the CPUs maintaining these servers, and it is due to this reason that servers need special facilities with artificial cooling technology. And artificial cooling, means relying on a lot of energy to generate an air conditioned environment that is suitable for these servers to perform at their peak. Without crashing or entering into pause mode. CPUs usually enter into safe mode or unresponsive mode due to overheating. In server management lingo, they call it “information flow lag caused by the overheating of CPUs.” 

But there are a few server management experts who wish to overcome this problem, by working on CPUs that work like the human body, especially the human brain. That uses only 30% of the energy to keep the brain cool in order to achieve optimum neural responses. Whereas computers use almost 87% of the energy to keep the CPUs cool. Few of the experts believe that servers too need to have a mind of their own. In the form of server information processing based CPU. Where, the server nodes are interconnected and they merge in a central database-like unit, that tracks all outgoing and incoming queries/information bits. And based on these trends it develops a pattern, which it hosts in the central server acting as a layer of partial, but important information that other server nodes serve based on queries. Whenever the network receives a query, that has been received earlier, the central server searches its lawyers of information representing each server node, and then based on this search, it addresses the query. This reduces the routing time of query, and since search processing happens in the internal pseudo database of the central server, it puts less processing pressure on the CPU, because all information is stacked based on queries/information received.

Over the years, the central system develops an artificial intelligence of queries/information and then begins to serve them intuitively. This is a revolutionary concept, because most of the experts believe it will redefine server management and reduce the need for energy by 45%.

However, as an interim solution, most server management companies operate from regions which are cold, and have longer winters with minus temperatures. This is a practical solution and it is the natural way to keep the Server Facilities cool, by using natural air pumps that channel cool and natural air to these facilities.

And places with these server facilities, for data security reasons are high security zones and they mostly lie in neutral geographic zones, where based on Global treaty, in case of war etc. these zones are not targeted. And given the human nature, violation of rules is a possibility, this is why these areas are classified as high security zones.

Traveling via Tubes. This was one of the most fascinating sights to witness. It involves a lot of calculation, where, if the government chooses to plan public transport service from point A to point B. The project experts define the shortest possible route. And then with the use of modern giant drills or boring machines, they dig huge tunnels. Followed by fitting huge steel rims  in these tunnels, to make them look like massive round pipes. Then, based on magnetic fields, Pods with capacity to transport 6 to 12 people are placed in these tunnels to ferry passengers.This is a new mode of transport, which reduces air pollution and also demands less energy to achieve enough kinetic energy in order to generate thrust to move 12 people from point A to point B in a single Pod. Each tube is designed to support movement of 580 pods at any given point in time. It is nothing like SpaceX’s HyperLoop technology, it goes a way ahead of that and that too without putting any pressure on natural resources and it is much easier to develop. It is state of the art tech.

This technology is highly effective in areas like UAE, and anywhere where tunnelling is easier. Though, it can easily be implemented in a metropolis like Delhi in India or New York in the USA too. And it comes with a unique advantage, it can also be developed above the ground and yet achieve uninterrupted transportation capabilities. 

Based on the science fiction novel, Dune, where giant worms move under the sand. The experts in this department have developed a unique worm like model that is capable of planting mini nuclear ( with zero radiations ) detonators at certain depths, and their detonation is orchestrated based on a sequence that the soil or rock in a certain diameter is shattered. Then using the worm-like suction tubes, this crushed rock/stone/soil is sucked out and the worm-like hole is then instantly fitted with steel rims- Easy, faster, and it puts almost no pressure on natural resources. 

But, this technology works on a very efficient software that develops this sequential, worm like detonation model, where the precision level is so high, that only the target diameter is impacted. If you were to place a goblet of wine on the upper surface of the point where this detonation is executed, it will not fall. They came up with this technological solution to overcome the time consuming nature of giant boring machines.

Their main secret is the use of varying amounts of detonation material at different points, if it varies even by the slightest fraction than what is suggested by the software, it can lead to a man-made catastrophe. But, the software that works based on several checks and assessments, has so far proven to be 100% effective and it is only getting better. 

With the AI model in the background, that keeps learning and adding new layers of efficiency to the software. Designed to scale its efficiency, just like human evolution. 

Whenever, it gathers enough data to redefine its core layer of execution model, it stacks and displays these new observations on the main dashboard. Then based on manual command it couples these new observations with the main execution system of the software. At this stage the experts try its effectiveness in a controlled environment, and based on results and several tests, they either retain this new layer of efficiency, modify it, or completely discard it. It is a software that thinks like an engineer, with thousands of validations and checks. It has revolutionised tunnelling industry and made it easier and tremendously faster than before. 

Let us look at this simple example of the tunnelling software model that in this case is supposed to suggest the shortest, but also the safest way from point A to point B.

Colour Index

Areas with dense population and construction

Areas with moderate population and less construction

Green areas, parks etc.

Suggested boring path

Point of origion and point of termination ( can be other way around as well )

Historical sites

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In this model, the software is trying to avoid boring in areas with dense population and plotting the boring course mostly via parks and areas with less dense population. This is just one aspect of the software. It has thousands of other checkpoints that help it establish this route. 

It can happen that at certain points it will deviate from the main rule, and prefer to bore in densely populated areas, though there was a huge green area that it could easily bore across. But if this park has historical buildings and structures that are more than 100 years old, it tends to avoid these areas. Also parks tend to retain a lot of moisture, these factors are also taken into account. It is just a minor consideration, there are other checkpoints that make this software one of the state of the art boring solutions in the world that exists in 2075. 

Experts in 2075, call these softwares, “No nonsense software!” These are real and hardcore software that do heavy duty thinking and calculations. Not a simple app that pulls data based on API and throws it on the front end. It is real data based analysis with accuracy that is God-like. Because if it plots a boring course on a sunny day where the temperature is 48 degrees. Determining whether the boring course stays the same and still valid, when it rains for 2 months during the monsoon season in the target region, is one of the key factors to consider. It performs intelligent checks and considers the future possibilities from all angles. Even facts like water table and tendency of the area to get inundated if there are floods, are factored in. 

There are innumerable checks, but not endless checks!

It reminds me of a programme I had watched in 2023 on TV. Where a company had developed the highest tunnel in the world. But there was one major flaw in it and it was revealed when I tested its data in this software of 2075. 

The entry of the tunnel was rectangular, whereas going by the laws of pressure, a round opening of the tunnel can withstand more pressure because the arch like structure allows for equal distribution of pressure. But when it has edges, like in the rectangular opening of the tunnel, in the event of an avalanche, mud slides etc. it will pile up the run off material on the surface of upper rectangular opening of the tunnel and crush it instantly. 

But a tunnel with round and arch-like openings tend to withstand this pressure easily. Perhaps one reason, that most of the noses of planes are round and cone shaped. When colliding against flat surface, the air will develop so much pressure that it will slow it down. Eventually, surface of the plane will be unable to withstand so much external surface pressure and crash- A disaster in the air. 

With regard to the tunnel, I am sanguine that  someone realises this small fact and re-engineers the opening of the tunnel. Because it definitely is a marvel of human engineering and it deserves all appreciation. And sometimes, best appreciation comes in the form of later stage corrections as well.

Moreover, the opening of the tunnel is never placed at the shallow end of the mountain, because whenever there is heavy rain, this is where the water collects. Thereby weakening the opening of the tunnel. The tunnel I mentioned about, definitely had not taken this minute observation into consideration. In mountainous ranges, a huge mountain should always be the opening of the tunnel. I am sure you know why. Because the explanation shared above makes it quite obvious.

Well, with the thought of the tunnel, Time appeared in front of me, and asked me to prepare for my journey back to my reality i.e. 2023. They say time waits for no one, but today I realised it also does not listen to anyone either. So, I allowed it to weave its moments around me, and in a flash I was recast in the reality of 2023.

Where, without wasting any time, I wrote my science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, which is actually a scifi romance novel, but it brilliantly examines the reality of 2075, that our future generations will have to deal with. To know what these realities would be like, and to know if love like emotion can even survive the mechanical lifestyle of humans in 2075. You must explore the science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075.

Please read it out of your love for sci-fi novels and future generations of human species, please do not feel impelled to read it because you want to travel into 2075 via this science fiction. 

2075, is the future our younger generations shall witness, but it is our present actions in 2023 that will define its eloquence and its imperiling tendencies as far as survival of human species and other species on this planet is concerned.

The way humans are handling Climate Change and Global Warming, is overbearing for the planet’s self healing mechanism. We should act now, and to act now, reading the science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, is one of the best ways. At least I think so, because its writer is the reality of 2075!  

Read it to believe it!