The technology of Paradigm is a couple of centuries ahead of real life, with robots and artificial intelligence being commonplace. Artificial intelligence now capable of learning and able to mimic speech and personalities of a human. Robots have become a major workforce for big, small, and gigantic corporations working before the fall, however are still used in Crossfate and other parts of the globe. This breakthrough of artificial intelligence however, would not come until later years following the 21nd century, which would pave the way into what we now know as virtual intelligence, and quantum intelligence. Things such as hovercars and cybernetic enhancements/augmentations have become commonplace as well, while the world began to rely more on digital content. Holographic projectors are now capable of projecting physical objects by bending the air around the object it attempts to create while the projector itself is capable of being miniaturized to be as small as a dice. Technology such as mag-lev furniture are often a common sight in most households, along with holo-jewelry and holo-pets. Digital phones are now capable of resizing to sizes one could desire. From a standard device capable of fitting into a wallet, to a large device that can be used as a form of television. Holographic streets allow for cheap air roads for hover vehicles, while levitating digital sensors and lights enforced traffic in the air. With the fall of governments throughout history, mega corporations would come into play around the 23rd century, changing the world as their influences at times was often felt greater than that of the government itself.
Corporations
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With the form of governments slowly deteriorating and the rise of wealthy corporations which soon began to oversee its own civil projects within countries, came the rise of Mega Corporations, businesses which would semi-control parts of the country. Some corporations often worked with the government, while others often played dirty behind doors.
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With the form of governments slowly deteriorating and the rise of wealthy corporations which soon began to oversee its own civil projects within countries, came the rise of Mega Corporations, businesses which would semi-control parts of the country. Some corporations often worked with the government, while others often played dirty behind doors.
Time Line
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2053 - Drones have begun to be a more common thing in the world, especially in the military. They replaced taxis, and the world-famous Uber company is known to have started using their own new line of drones called Uber-Auto. More so, they became more prevalent in the air. News helicopters were replaced by drones, aerial surveillance were now done by drones. While the coming of the drones was good in some ways - overall, it took the jobs of others, and left millions unemployed.
2076 - Students of Crossfate University create the first simplified hovercraft vehicle. The vehicle, also known as Genesis was the first simplified and mass production variant of the first universal hovercar, capable of holding a total of 4 passengers with a weight limit of 900 pounds (408 kilograms). It was the chariot of technology at the time, as countries would try to get their hands on the new advancement. The vehicle would have one flaw however, and that was that it was limited to hard ground terrain, meaning outside roads and cities, the vehicle would be able to perform well.
2097 - With the colonization of outer planets such as the moon and mars, new development of spaceships began to go underway. With commercial to personal spaceships came the creation of artificial gravitation, made first from NASA however would be further updated by Chiron Industries, a corporation focused on creating technology based for space and agriculture, while also focusing on the delivering of earth to space goods. This system would be used as a fundamental basis for all upcoming spaceships and other plans made for space.
2109- The first fully developed humanoid AI with 100% independence and sentient mind is created by students at MIT. Although its life was limited due to government intervention which would take the AI system deeming that it was against the law that the creation of AI life may be used with poor conduct. However, this would deteriorate soon, following the next presidency which would legalize the production and selling of sentient AIs, often as a second choice for adoption to parents along with essentially creating a new species. Although sentient AIs were hardly ever seen due to the little demands of them, they were still around and were often unidentifiable to that of a regular human.
2123 - The creation of anti-matter bombs would soon find its way into the United States inventory, which would lead to a stand off between nations similar to the cold war, however would not escalate until World War III.
2124 - While the art of cloning had long since been in development during the early 2000s, it wasn't until the early 2100s where cloning had finally reached its maximum potential, at least for the most part. Humans could now be cloned better than ever, with now real body parts made through a process called Gel suspension printing. Cloning could now be made successful in a mere few days, and the lifespan of a user was very accurate to be predicted.
2132 - Although holograms have been practiced since the 20th century, it wasn't until the early 80s of the 21st century that the use of holograms would start to become commonplace, surpassing the digital age and it's cutting technology. Holograms were now able to displace a touchable force/boundary which would now allow for holograms to feel like actual objects. Users were now capable of touching and holding holograms, although were able to pass through them like air given they used enough force.
2137 - Approximately 61 years after the hovercar revolution came the hovertrain - the big brother of the tram car. The hovertrain provided mass transportation of members similar to a hovercar, and could be called a hoverbus as well. Transportation grew to new heights, as the use of hoverstops now allowed for people to fly to and from different locations where parking wasnt at the ground level.
2145 - With the use of hovercars now becoming commonplace, the government soon saw a need which arose quickly. Aerial streets and highways. Ones which accommodated hovercars. The development of digital highways, marked by holographic signals was the end result. The creation of digital highways allowed for hovercars to traverse in the air better than ever before. It reduced collisions and accidents, and freed up the general streets for road vehicles.
2146 - The first mech ever created stood at about 4 meters in height, and was used to move shipment containers. While mechs and exosuits were in development since centuries ago, it wasn't until the early 2450s where they'd truly shine. Mechs were now portable. They were reliable, and could be purchased for low cost. On the other hand, they were mobile to be used in the military, and provided numerous roles.
2150 - As resources on earth became harder to find, new sources lead to expedition beyond earth. Of course, with colonies already established on the moon and in Mars, space mining became a new thing relatively quickly, and it wasn't long until multiple corporations began mining the asteroid belt along the solar system.
2151 - It wasn't until the late 90s of the 25th century where magnetic levitation finally became a commonplace thing. Abbreviated as mag-lev, most furniture started to use it, as materials were abundant and costs were about the same as regular furniture.
2157 - With the petroleum industry dying in the early 24th century, nuclear power had been the major source when it came to fuel. Everything ran on nuclear energy. However, soon a new source of energy was on the rise. Hydrogen. Hydrogen power became second when it came to the top type of energy used. Hydrogen cells were used to power multiple things, and they were now easier than ever to produce.
2160 - The firearm revolution was indeed slow. Too slow, if one could say the impacts of it. Before the early 1100s, firearms had... for the most part... stayed the same. Most used cartridges which used the now outdated gun powder system, where some lacked penetration and range. The firearm revolution changed this however. It introduced a standardized system, which categorized bullets into 4 different categories, and from these categories - bullets were made of the same dimensions. On the other hand, while bullets became more updated, and caseless ammunition was finally made standard, weapons changed as well. More intricate than ever before, bullet-based weapons now had multiple different competitors. Electric based weapons had abilities to make it non-lethal to lethal. Railguns had now become the pride of the future, and now new ammunition was being created for specialized guns.
2162 - During the Brussel's conflict and after, European governments had begun to seek a way to combat the rising threat, What they found, was a weapon modification known as the High Altitude Laser Enhancer, also known as H.A.L.E. This attachment was used primarily by the NATO forces, and saw little interest by the Nordic Confederation, and most of the other larger powers. What the modification did however, was to create some sort of disturbance in the air around the projectile as it fired, without changing the path of a bullet, nor its penetration values, so that the acid of a xylopod would not dissolve the bullet before maximum damage could be achieved. Fast forward to post war, and most firearms had it implemented into them.