Posts in category Glass Shadows World Building
Technology: Cloning and Genetic Engin...
“Tired of sagging, wrinkled skin, repetitive medical visits, and unpredictable bodily functions? It’s time to trade in that old sack of skin for a new one. Choose from any number of our stock Kevin™ or Kate™ models, or have a new body Flash Cloned from your own cells. It’s like being 25 again but knowing what you know now! P [...]
Setting: Headcases and Zeroes
The human body is not fully equipped to deal with having pieces of it excised and replaced with cybernetics. There is always a period of adjustment while the mind comes to grips with the neural interface pathways required to use the new implant. This often causes a feeling of dysphasia, where the user’s mind does not recognize the implant a [...]
Technology: Angels, Augmented Reality...
All but the poorest of people have headware modifications that house a semi-autonomous program called an Angel. This headware is installed via a nanite injection shortly after birth and the Angel grows with its user, learning what interests them and helping them through their daily lives. The Angel implants also come with a standard wireless [...]
Technology: Vehicles and Frames
Civilian ground vehicles are sleek and streamlined futuristic wheeled machines, with very little wasted space. Cargo compartments are much smaller than modern vehicles, the average consumer has little need for cargo, almost everything can be fabbed at home. All civilian vehicles are electric, drawing supplemental power from a citywide grid [...]