The Meeting The auditorium’s fluorescent lights buzzed as Dr. Issac Korr tapped the podium mic. Behind him, a tarp-covered object hummed faintly—too faintly, thought Halberg. “Colleagues,” Izzy began, clearing his throat with deliberate ceremony, “I give you the next step in synthetic-computational evolution. The K-8510.” He whipped away the tarp. Beneath it lay a compact […]