Paul a Cummins

Quantum Entanglement Paul a Cummins

Modern warfare is being roboticized. Predator drones are killing al Qaeda in Afghanistan by operators in Nevada. Sensors and probes are being outfitted on helicopter bots. Raytheon has developed the equivalent of an Iron Man skeleton that surrounds a human operator and provides great strength without sacrificing normal human agility. Future Combat Systems researchers are trying to integrate all these peripherals into workable field systems. The problem is bandwidth. Combat teams need their own secure, portable wireless network. Quantum Entanglement begins with an FCS scientist, Thomas Graves, discovering an unexpected corollary effect of the new communication system he's working on. He is in his lab a mile deep in the Antarctic ice working with neutrinos. The AMANDA "Ice Cube" project is there catching rare instances when neutrinos interact with their mineral oil sensors and change "flavors." Ice Cube is interested in matter and anti-matter. Graves is using the flavor change as a communication system that uses quantum entanglement and works at 10,000 times the speed of light. He has developed a filter that sorts out entangled particles. The detection system uses a cytoplasm substitute following his theory that neutrinos are mainly interacting with life. Why do women always shift some piece of clothing when you look at their butts? How do sisters finish each others' sentences? Why are we absolutely certain of some things before they happen? What is the soul?None of our ordinary perceptions of the world are real. It is all virtual reality as filtered by our senses, experiences and emotions. Graves' neutrino filter and headset combination allows for human interaction with the entangled neutrinos (there are normally trillions passing through our body every second). The combined effect strips the user of his normal senses and he perceives things as they really are. Graves and his colleague, Dr. Sally Cooper, cook up a plan to end war in a way their sponsors could have never contemplated.