He also holds an MA in Bioethics and previously worked at a major university researching the ethical, legal and social implications (“ELSI”) of nanotechnology. “What if I want to take the chip out?” Clay asked.Ī puzzled look crossed Rudy’s face. The idea of being looked upon as some sort of fool annoyed him. Clay wondered whether everyone reacted as surprised or whether Clay was the random oddball. Clay flushed slightly with embarrassment as he noticed Rudy grinning. 5:43 p.m.Ĭlay spun around to see who had spoken to him, but quickly realized it was no one, simply his iMeme communicating to him. “I said,” Clay started and then jumped slightly when he heard a gentle whisper in his ear. What was that you said?” Rudy asked, involved in hooking up Clay’s tiny iMeme to the cable dangling off the lower end of the PSD. “Listen, if there’s a problem, I can always come back.” A hopeful thought that the PSD was broken crossed his mind. Clay closed his eyes, expecting the worst. Rudy put the PSD to Clay’s ear, pressed a button. Not only will you feel absolutely nothing, the procedure is so safe that even if the TIN were misplaced, there would be no harm done to you.” He saw the look of doubt on Clay’s face and added, “The TIN won’t be misplaced. The needle itself is thinner than the proboscis of a mosquito. “A nano-needle extends from here into your inner ear and to the cochlea. Rudy pointed to the small tip protruding from the top of the PSD and continued. It looked to Clay like an ear thermometer with a small cable hanging off its lower end. “Sir, the PSD is the Placement and Syncing Device,” he said, showing Clay the object in his hand. Rudy was clearly working to retain his patience. “The PSD will barely enter your outer ear.” I mean, don’t doctors say that only thing you should put in your ear is your elbow?”
I’m not too hip on you puncturing my eardrum with that thing. Takes just a few moments.” Rudy put a smile on his face to try to reassure Clay. I simply place this device in your ear and the TIN nanochip will be inserted into your cochlea. “Trust me sir, I’m an Apple trained audiologist. “So you’re going to stick something in my inner ear? Right here?” he asked, looking around. With two-way communication and the iMeme’s built-in nanocamera, the iMeme can perform any number of important functions.”Ĭlay was still nervous. Your iMeme sits here on your Spot, or wherever you choose to keep it, and as long as it’s within a three-foot radius, it can transmit information to, or receive information from, the TIN, which is really just a cochlear nanochip placed in your inner ear. “It uses the same technology the physically impaired use to transmit brain signals to a computer to perform specific functions. Rudy was explaining how the process worked and it seemed to Clay the young man knew what he was talking about. It had been almost eight months since his family had purchased him an iMeme as a birthday gift and they had finally worn him down and elicited a promise to have the TIN nanochip fitted today. The lanyard hanging around the youth’s neck displayed the words Rudy and Genius. “The technology for TIN has been around for decades actually,” said the young man assisting Clay. Levi Clayton Furstman’s decision not to be inoculated with technology designed to bestow youth and immortality leads him on a journey that forces him to reexamine his relationships, his purpose in life, and, ultimately, what it means to be human. Science has created a world where anything is possible and everything is affordable.Ī world where illness and disease have been eradicated.
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