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 […]
Part I: Zero Page Technology
In the humming neon lab of Resonance Laboratories’ Epsilon Containment Facility, two engineers in white coats stood over the prototype board, its copper traces glowing like angry circuitry veins. Dr. Vance Halberg, sleeves rolled up, jabbed at the tiny SRAM chip with his No. 2 Mechanical Pencil. “We have more than the 256 bytes in […]