Both novels are filled to the brim with leading edge technology, extrapolated a few years into the future. Here's a sample of some of the technology topics covered in each novel. I cover several of these in my blog as well. Let me know what technologies interest you the most!
The Quantum Contingent
• Quantum Computing Dangers: https://bit.ly/3pttTdS
• More Dangers! https://bit.ly/31EbfYD
• Drone Swarms: https://bit.ly/3lLNCEv
• Autonomous Weapons: https://bit.ly/3Ds8ZAV
• Skyborg autonomous drones: https://bit.ly/3GoydSA
• Quantum Volume: https://bit.ly/3ExI1ZO
• Quantum Error Suppression: https://bit.ly/3yh2Vu9
• Tesla Autopilot: https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
• Tesla Model X Plaid: https://www.tesla.com/modelx
• Airless Tire: https://bit.ly/3dv2fYo
• SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com
• Dragon Capsule: https://bit.ly/3eiHiAt
• Crypto: https://bit.ly/332csJH
• Blockchain: https://bit.ly/3p6805f
• Quantum Blockchain: https://tcrn.ch/3pz2OpM
• Quantum and Bitcoin impact: https://bit.ly/3dsqCFU
• Quantum and Bitcoin security: https://bit.ly/3y1DKvc
• Hacking Bitcoin wallets: https://cnb.cx/3Eyma4p
• Nanotechnology: https://bit.ly/3Duzvtf
• Virtual Reality: https://bit.ly/3ItPqvO
• Quantum Networking: https://bit.ly/3DuzA01
• Cryonics: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html
• AI Regulations: https://bit.ly/3Goz9pS
• LEO Satellite Networks: https://bit.ly/3dtvU49
• Starlink: https://bit.ly/3dywk9e
• Starhopper: https://bit.ly/3ow541u
• SpaceX Ocean Launch bases: https://cnb.cx/3ouCrC2
• Rendering the Deimos launch base: https://bit.ly/31yK69j
• Starbase, Texas: https://bit.ly/3023g71
• Virtual Power Plant: https://bit.ly/31yM1L3
• International Accord on AI: https://bit.ly/301H9xy
Given this novel’s technological bent, and my own interest in AI. I did include three sentences that were entirely generated by AI. In the chapter, Space - The Q Station, the sentences:
“For a century or so, such longevity has been the stuff of folklore and science fiction. The previous longest-lived human was Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days. Physicists have suggested that the limit might be 155 years. A hundred years ago, the average life span in America was around forty-eight”
were generated when I provided the prompt “Immortality raises many ethical problems for humanity” to the transformer program at https://app.inferkit.com/demo. This program uses a modern neural network to complete the provided prompt using InferKit.
Of course, this was years before the release of Chat-GPT...
Quantum Time
Quantum Time incorporates some new technologies into the novel. Given it's dual timeline reaching out to 2049-2050, there is an opportunity to explore more far-reaching changes from technology.
• Quantum Computing Dangers: https://bit.ly/3pttTdS
• More Dangers! https://bit.ly/31EbfYD
• Drone Swarms: https://bit.ly/3lLNCEv
• Autonomous Weapons: https://bit.ly/3Ds8ZAV
• Skyborg autonomous drones: https://bit.ly/3GoydSA
• Quantum Volume: https://bit.ly/3ExI1ZO
• Quantum Error Suppression: https://bit.ly/3yh2Vu9
• Tesla Autopilot: https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
• Tesla Model X Plaid: https://www.tesla.com/modelx
• Airless Tire: https://bit.ly/3dv2fYo
• SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com
• Dragon Capsule: https://bit.ly/3eiHiAt
• Crypto: https://bit.ly/332csJH
• Blockchain: https://bit.ly/3p6805f
• Quantum Blockchain: https://tcrn.ch/3pz2OpM
• Quantum and Bitcoin impact: https://bit.ly/3dsqCFU
• Quantum and Bitcoin security: https://bit.ly/3y1DKvc
• Hacking Bitcoin wallets: https://cnb.cx/3Eyma4p
• Nanotechnology: https://bit.ly/3Duzvtf
• Virtual Reality: https://bit.ly/3ItPqvO
• Quantum Networking: https://bit.ly/3DuzA01
• Cryonics: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html
• AI Regulations: https://bit.ly/3Goz9pS
• LEO Satellite Networks: https://bit.ly/3dtvU49
• Starlink: https://bit.ly/3dywk9e
• Starhopper: https://bit.ly/3ow541u
• SpaceX Ocean Launch bases: https://cnb.cx/3ouCrC2
• Rendering the Deimos launch base: https://bit.ly/31yK69j
• Starbase, Texas: https://bit.ly/3023g71
• Virtual Power Plant: https://bit.ly/31yM1L3
• International Accord on AI: https://bit.ly/301H9xy
Given this novel’s technological bent, and my own interest in AI. I did include three sentences that were entirely generated by AI. In the chapter, Space - The Q Station, the sentences:
“For a century or so, such longevity has been the stuff of folklore and science fiction. The previous longest-lived human was Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days. Physicists have suggested that the limit might be 155 years. A hundred years ago, the average life span in America was around forty-eight”
were generated when I provided the prompt “Immortality raises many ethical problems for humanity” to the transformer program at https://app.inferkit.com/demo. This program uses a modern neural network to complete the provided prompt using InferKit.
Of course, this was years before the release of Chat-GPT...
Quantum Time
Quantum Time incorporates some new technologies into the novel. Given it's dual timeline reaching out to 2049-2050, there is an opportunity to explore more far-reaching changes from technology.
- Quantum Entanglement and Time: https://www.wired.com/2011/01/timelike-entanglement/
- Quantum Entanglement and Time: https://gizmodo.com/simulated-time-travel-quantum-entanglement-physics-1850959081
- Optimus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot)
- Invisibility Cloak: https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-invisibility-cloak-military-use
- Cryonics: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html
- Quantum Computing Dangers: https://bit.ly/3pttTdS
- As well as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and the Metaverse.
- And of course, a shoutout to Large Language models like Chat-GPT.