In Star Time, the male lead character was Abe, a technological wizard with his own design center creating electronic gadgets and such. One of his side projects was a mesh computer running the “Hodgepodge” software. Abe had discovered a research project at another research center in Austin, Texas that was creating a “Common Sense” database. … Continue reading Project Saga Themes: Artificial Intelligence
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Project Saga Themes: Genetic Engineering
In the Earth Branch of the Project Saga timeline, the Betelgeuse supernova fried the internet, as well as most electronics all over the world. Rebuilding an electronic technological civilization took time, but at the time of the collapse, genetic engineering was already advanced and much could be done without massive computer support. In Australia, enhancing… Continue reading Project Saga Themes: Genetic Engineering
Project Sage Themes: Psychic Abilities
From the first page of the first book, Star Time, psychic abilities are introduced. Rather than a fantasy setting where anything and everything is possible, I’ve concentrated on a set of abilities that roughly follow the categories documented in the Duke University research. There is telepathy, where a person can sense the thoughts of… Continue reading Project Sage Themes: Psychic Abilities