SandQueen
01-21-2012, 06:13 PM
January 17, 2012: Britain's Ministry of Defense announces that they will be phasing out certain positions and personnel Article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16588436)
July 1st, 2012: Will Rosellini (http://www.willrosellini.com/) approaches Ray Kurzweil (http://www.kurzweiltech.com/aboutray.html) about a concept that would implant the technology bluetooth headset into a person's skull, interfacing with their bring and the inner workings of their ear directly. Using research gathered from his work on dealing with Tinnitus, Rosellini has started looking into compact transponders nervous system stimulation.
August 28, 2012: Ray Kurzwil contacts Kevin Warwick (http://www.kevinwarwick.com/) about his work with Rosellini. Warwick has a history of cybernetic postulation as well as a broad knowledge of neural/machine concepts.
September 1, 2012: Hugo De Garis (http://www.kurzweilai.net/hugo-de-garis) is hired by Raytheon to further the development of unmanned weaponry, particularly drones and surveillance systems. He is unsure at first but after the defense company offers an undisclosed sum he agrees to work for them.
September 30, 2012: Hugo De Garis sends an e-mail to Peter Diamandis (http://www.diamandis.com/) asking for his input a number of Raytheon's aeronautic designs.
December 23, 2012: Rosellini, Kurzweil, and Warwick test a prototype of their device. It can receive calls which are related by vibrating the bones in the ear canal softly enough to not causing hearing damage. It communicates with the user's cell phone via Bluetooth.
March 1, 2013: Rosellini, Kurzweil, and Warwick's device can now send calls as well using a vocal receiver. The phone now only serves to store numbers and receive text messages.
March 16, 2013: Kurzweil is contacted by a close friend of his, Marc Maurer (http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Marc_Maurer_Bio.asp) current president of the National Federation of the Blind. Maurer once again conveyed his condolences for Kurzweil's development and continued research into Text-to-speech scanning devices. The call was simply one of courtesy but at the time it created a spark that could not be ignored.
April 30, 2013: Hugo De Garis develops a limited intelligence protocol that uses thermal imaging to track crowd movements and includes outliers to determine the probability of stray individuals being potentially hostile.
May 3, 2013: Diamandis sends Hugo De Garis a concept a friend of his drew up for an unmanned drone that according to mathematics would be able to stay airborne for longer than a Predator Drone. De Garis sends to concept to his supervisor in Raytheon.
June 20, 2013: Diamandis becomes a part time consultant for Raytheon, his associate his hired full time and begins working side by side with De Garis in the development of a new drone.
September 10, 2013: Kurzweil shows a design of his Rosellini mapping out how one could make computerized eyes.
November 28, 2013: Kurzweil, Rosellini, and Warwick submit their audio-receiver to the FDA and National Institute of Health for approval.
January 25, 2014: Neil deGrasse Tyson (http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/) is appointed to head the National Science Foundation.
February 16, 2014: Advanced Armament Corporation begins investing heavily into researching caseless ammunition.
March 30, 2014: Cerberus Capital Management and Walmart form a cooperative agreement to support each other in world-wide business endeavors.
April 16, 2014: Hugo De Garis finishes work on a prototype surveillance drone for Raytheon, the project begins testing under the heading Dove-1.
May 30, 2014: Warwick, Rosellini, and Kurzweil's device is deemed unfit for production by the National Institute of health. The trio though do not admit defeat and instead continue working on it.
July 26, 2014: The Dove-1 enters official trials with the US Air Force.
October 17, 2014: After many long nights of research and development Warwick, Rosellini, and Kurzweil submit a modified device to the National Institute of Health and FDA.
January 2, 2015: Kurzweil constructs a rudimentary cybernetic eye and shares it with Rosellini and Warwick. His prototype is featured in the March issue of Popular Science and Wired.
April 27, 2015: Kurzweil, Rosellini, and Warwick's device is approved by by the National Institute of Health and FDA. It now includes an inbuilt memory chip which allows someone to store and program contacts by voice.
July 1, 2015: Kurzweil forms Kurzweil Biotech and asks Rosellini and Warwick to join him. Rosellini draws up paperwork to fold his company, Microtransponder, into Kurzweil Biotech. Warwick declines.
June 6, 2015: His contract effectively over Hugo De Garis leaves Raytheon.
September 21, 2015: Kurzweil Biotech begins talks with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile concerning cell coverage for their device (now dumbed a Cell-Ear)
October 25, 2015: After returning to his home in China, Hugo De Garis is approached by Diamandis once more to start working with him on a new project. De Garis agrees so long as he doesn't have to move to a different country again.
January 1, 2016: The first consumer available Cell-Ears go on sale.
January 19, 2016: Advanced Armament Corporation unveils functional, but still prototype, caseless weaponry at the Las Vegas Shot show convention.
February 23, 2016: Kurzweil and Rosellini begin devoting more time and money to develop the cybernetic eye.
March 8, 2016: The Raytheon Dove-1 is accepted into the US Air Force as the Monarch. It logs flight times lasting 60 hours in good conditions and can warn its operator of potential threats on the ground below by utilizing its intelligent thermal scanning technology. Raytheon begins work on a successor.
May 6, 2016: After repeated tensions, posturing, and aggression Britain declares war on Argentina, entering the Second Falklands War.
October 26, 2016: China unveils a fully unmanned drone to support its military. The drone can be tasked to a location and then will autonomously track humanoid heat sources.
January 13, 2017: Kurzweil and Rosellini create working prototypes of cybernetic eyes. The pair contact Hugo De Garis about helping them implement them. De Garis agrees but says that it will be a few months till he finishes a project he's working on in China.
April 8, 2017: Kurzweil Biotech forms a partnership with Tanagram (http://tanagram.com/) which had been working on Augmented Reality interfaces in gasmasks and helmets for emergency workers and military personnel.
May 16, 2017: Kurzweil Biotech partners with Touch Bionics (http://www.touchbionics.com/products/active-prostheses/i-limb-ultra/) makers of the iLimb series of prosthetics.
May 30, 2017: Kurzweil Biotech partners with Ossur Prosthetics (http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=12613)
September 1, 2017: Hugo De Garis arrives in the US to begin working with Kurzweil Biotech.
October 1, 2017: Foxconn (http://www.foxconn.com/) begins work on artificial limbs featuring computerized components and limited AI interfaces.
November 16, 2017: Russia's OKB (http://www.aviation.ru/okb.php) begins serious work into unmanned weaponry as well as the designs into energy weapons.
November 30, 2017: Hugo De Garis moves the US in order to work with Kurzweil Biotech full time.
January 17, 2018: Advanced Armament Corporation reveals more work into caseless ammunition at Shotshow. KAC also unveils caseless ammunition concepts.
January 27, 2018: Norinco (http://www.norinco.com/c1024/index.html) acquires a number of small electronics companies throughout China and Southern Asia.
March 16, 2018: The Second Falklands War spills into Chile.
April 2, 2018: Kurzweil Biotech present their cybernetic eyes to the National Institute of health and FDA for approval.
April 20, 2018: Russia begins rudimentary testing of Unmanned weaponry, primarily an unmanned tank.
May 5, 2018: Foxconn begins distributing digitized prosthetic limbs
across Asia and Europe to anyone in need.
July 4, 2018: Norinco announces that they are in development of energy based weaponry.
October 31, 2018: Russia tests an unmanned quadrupedal infantry support vehicle.
November 11, 2018: Raytheon begins testing the successor to the Monarch, known as the Morpho. Primary changes are a fully unmanned interface and the ability to mount air-to-surface missiles. Initial tests are show that more work needs to be done.
February 14, 2019: Kurzweil Biotech's Cyber-eye receives approval. Furthermore many insurance plans cover it.
March 6, 2019: Norinco field tests its first complete energy weapon, an artillery piece to be mounted on a battleship. The world watches in horror at the devastating display.
August 17, 2019: OKB unveils functional, man portable energy weapons. Their use is limited though as the lightest requires a 40lb power pack to function.
October 20, 2019: KAC and Advanced Armament Corporation form a partnership.
November 12, 2019: The Second Falklands War ends, numerous political leaders from South America openly condemn Britain for their show of force, especially against partisan fighters and civil militias.
November 20, 2019: Kurzweil Biotech's Cyber Eye enters widespread consumer availability.
January 31, 2020: The UK's ministry of defense accelerates their budget cutting process and meets their goal of reducing personnel. Many veterans of the recent war are now out of work with none of their previous benefits.
February 26, 2020: After repeated confrontations the US enters war with Iran.
March 1, 2020: Former Rear Admiral Nathaniel Swift forms Blue Water International, a private military firm based out of Manchester that quickly becomes a haven for British military veterans.
March 17, 2020: After Iranian military commanders threaten to utilize Nuclear weapons the US Department of Defense hastily form contracts with a number of private military firms, no doubt to avoid news coverage of flag draped coffins. They contact Triple Canopy, Dyncorp, and newly founded Blue Water International.
April 1, 2020: Russian AI weaponry is seen in support of Iranian units.
April 24, 2020: Iran is forces to surrender after a brutal campaign conducted by Private Military Firms. Iran attempts to gain support from the UN in their condemnation of the US but finds few willing to side with them after their threat of Nuclear war. Many though take note of the success of the private military companies.
July 4, 2020: Kurzweil Biotech is contracted by the Department of Defense to provide enhanced prosthetics to US troops that were wounded in Iran. They are also contacted by representatives from the Private Military firms seeking to look after their employees.
July 25, 2020: The Air Force finishes testing of the Morpho.
October 28, 2020: After a series of very successful negotiations, Dyncorp owner Cerberus Capital Management contacts Kurzweil Biotech.
December 1, 2020: Cheaper products from Kurzweil Biotech and their sister companies can be purchased as Walmart.
January 29, 2020: A UN sponsored security committee launches an investigation into Russia's unmanned weapon program.
March 3, 2020: Kurzweil Biotech forms a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Health to begin research into Nanotechnology.
April 16, 2020: Raytheon and Boeing begin developing a prototype of the Aurora, a scram-jet transport plane.
September 27, 2020: Diamandis once again is called in to assist Raytheon.
October 12, 2020: The UN security committee sent to Russia finds that their research and development of AI weaponry as well as Energy weapons to be entirely level. Their trade with Iran was legitimate as well.
December 24, 2020: Russia becomes a member of NATO.
January 15, 2021: AAC and KAC part ways citing corporate differences. Both companies research into caseless ammunition grinds to a halt as they enter legal purgatory.
March 5, 2021: Major legal allegations are raised against Foxconn after their newest prosthetic leg unit severely electrocutes an estimated 1.5 million users.
September 6, 2021: Warwick begins a new AI project, one that will interface with the human consciousness as confirmed by an interview in Wired.
November 29, 2021: China begins moving troops into Tajikistan and Pakistan supposedly to provide security for migrant workers and to supplement infrastructure building.
to be continued....
July 1st, 2012: Will Rosellini (http://www.willrosellini.com/) approaches Ray Kurzweil (http://www.kurzweiltech.com/aboutray.html) about a concept that would implant the technology bluetooth headset into a person's skull, interfacing with their bring and the inner workings of their ear directly. Using research gathered from his work on dealing with Tinnitus, Rosellini has started looking into compact transponders nervous system stimulation.
August 28, 2012: Ray Kurzwil contacts Kevin Warwick (http://www.kevinwarwick.com/) about his work with Rosellini. Warwick has a history of cybernetic postulation as well as a broad knowledge of neural/machine concepts.
September 1, 2012: Hugo De Garis (http://www.kurzweilai.net/hugo-de-garis) is hired by Raytheon to further the development of unmanned weaponry, particularly drones and surveillance systems. He is unsure at first but after the defense company offers an undisclosed sum he agrees to work for them.
September 30, 2012: Hugo De Garis sends an e-mail to Peter Diamandis (http://www.diamandis.com/) asking for his input a number of Raytheon's aeronautic designs.
December 23, 2012: Rosellini, Kurzweil, and Warwick test a prototype of their device. It can receive calls which are related by vibrating the bones in the ear canal softly enough to not causing hearing damage. It communicates with the user's cell phone via Bluetooth.
March 1, 2013: Rosellini, Kurzweil, and Warwick's device can now send calls as well using a vocal receiver. The phone now only serves to store numbers and receive text messages.
March 16, 2013: Kurzweil is contacted by a close friend of his, Marc Maurer (http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Marc_Maurer_Bio.asp) current president of the National Federation of the Blind. Maurer once again conveyed his condolences for Kurzweil's development and continued research into Text-to-speech scanning devices. The call was simply one of courtesy but at the time it created a spark that could not be ignored.
April 30, 2013: Hugo De Garis develops a limited intelligence protocol that uses thermal imaging to track crowd movements and includes outliers to determine the probability of stray individuals being potentially hostile.
May 3, 2013: Diamandis sends Hugo De Garis a concept a friend of his drew up for an unmanned drone that according to mathematics would be able to stay airborne for longer than a Predator Drone. De Garis sends to concept to his supervisor in Raytheon.
June 20, 2013: Diamandis becomes a part time consultant for Raytheon, his associate his hired full time and begins working side by side with De Garis in the development of a new drone.
September 10, 2013: Kurzweil shows a design of his Rosellini mapping out how one could make computerized eyes.
November 28, 2013: Kurzweil, Rosellini, and Warwick submit their audio-receiver to the FDA and National Institute of Health for approval.
January 25, 2014: Neil deGrasse Tyson (http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/) is appointed to head the National Science Foundation.
February 16, 2014: Advanced Armament Corporation begins investing heavily into researching caseless ammunition.
March 30, 2014: Cerberus Capital Management and Walmart form a cooperative agreement to support each other in world-wide business endeavors.
April 16, 2014: Hugo De Garis finishes work on a prototype surveillance drone for Raytheon, the project begins testing under the heading Dove-1.
May 30, 2014: Warwick, Rosellini, and Kurzweil's device is deemed unfit for production by the National Institute of health. The trio though do not admit defeat and instead continue working on it.
July 26, 2014: The Dove-1 enters official trials with the US Air Force.
October 17, 2014: After many long nights of research and development Warwick, Rosellini, and Kurzweil submit a modified device to the National Institute of Health and FDA.
January 2, 2015: Kurzweil constructs a rudimentary cybernetic eye and shares it with Rosellini and Warwick. His prototype is featured in the March issue of Popular Science and Wired.
April 27, 2015: Kurzweil, Rosellini, and Warwick's device is approved by by the National Institute of Health and FDA. It now includes an inbuilt memory chip which allows someone to store and program contacts by voice.
July 1, 2015: Kurzweil forms Kurzweil Biotech and asks Rosellini and Warwick to join him. Rosellini draws up paperwork to fold his company, Microtransponder, into Kurzweil Biotech. Warwick declines.
June 6, 2015: His contract effectively over Hugo De Garis leaves Raytheon.
September 21, 2015: Kurzweil Biotech begins talks with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile concerning cell coverage for their device (now dumbed a Cell-Ear)
October 25, 2015: After returning to his home in China, Hugo De Garis is approached by Diamandis once more to start working with him on a new project. De Garis agrees so long as he doesn't have to move to a different country again.
January 1, 2016: The first consumer available Cell-Ears go on sale.
January 19, 2016: Advanced Armament Corporation unveils functional, but still prototype, caseless weaponry at the Las Vegas Shot show convention.
February 23, 2016: Kurzweil and Rosellini begin devoting more time and money to develop the cybernetic eye.
March 8, 2016: The Raytheon Dove-1 is accepted into the US Air Force as the Monarch. It logs flight times lasting 60 hours in good conditions and can warn its operator of potential threats on the ground below by utilizing its intelligent thermal scanning technology. Raytheon begins work on a successor.
May 6, 2016: After repeated tensions, posturing, and aggression Britain declares war on Argentina, entering the Second Falklands War.
October 26, 2016: China unveils a fully unmanned drone to support its military. The drone can be tasked to a location and then will autonomously track humanoid heat sources.
January 13, 2017: Kurzweil and Rosellini create working prototypes of cybernetic eyes. The pair contact Hugo De Garis about helping them implement them. De Garis agrees but says that it will be a few months till he finishes a project he's working on in China.
April 8, 2017: Kurzweil Biotech forms a partnership with Tanagram (http://tanagram.com/) which had been working on Augmented Reality interfaces in gasmasks and helmets for emergency workers and military personnel.
May 16, 2017: Kurzweil Biotech partners with Touch Bionics (http://www.touchbionics.com/products/active-prostheses/i-limb-ultra/) makers of the iLimb series of prosthetics.
May 30, 2017: Kurzweil Biotech partners with Ossur Prosthetics (http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=12613)
September 1, 2017: Hugo De Garis arrives in the US to begin working with Kurzweil Biotech.
October 1, 2017: Foxconn (http://www.foxconn.com/) begins work on artificial limbs featuring computerized components and limited AI interfaces.
November 16, 2017: Russia's OKB (http://www.aviation.ru/okb.php) begins serious work into unmanned weaponry as well as the designs into energy weapons.
November 30, 2017: Hugo De Garis moves the US in order to work with Kurzweil Biotech full time.
January 17, 2018: Advanced Armament Corporation reveals more work into caseless ammunition at Shotshow. KAC also unveils caseless ammunition concepts.
January 27, 2018: Norinco (http://www.norinco.com/c1024/index.html) acquires a number of small electronics companies throughout China and Southern Asia.
March 16, 2018: The Second Falklands War spills into Chile.
April 2, 2018: Kurzweil Biotech present their cybernetic eyes to the National Institute of health and FDA for approval.
April 20, 2018: Russia begins rudimentary testing of Unmanned weaponry, primarily an unmanned tank.
May 5, 2018: Foxconn begins distributing digitized prosthetic limbs
across Asia and Europe to anyone in need.
July 4, 2018: Norinco announces that they are in development of energy based weaponry.
October 31, 2018: Russia tests an unmanned quadrupedal infantry support vehicle.
November 11, 2018: Raytheon begins testing the successor to the Monarch, known as the Morpho. Primary changes are a fully unmanned interface and the ability to mount air-to-surface missiles. Initial tests are show that more work needs to be done.
February 14, 2019: Kurzweil Biotech's Cyber-eye receives approval. Furthermore many insurance plans cover it.
March 6, 2019: Norinco field tests its first complete energy weapon, an artillery piece to be mounted on a battleship. The world watches in horror at the devastating display.
August 17, 2019: OKB unveils functional, man portable energy weapons. Their use is limited though as the lightest requires a 40lb power pack to function.
October 20, 2019: KAC and Advanced Armament Corporation form a partnership.
November 12, 2019: The Second Falklands War ends, numerous political leaders from South America openly condemn Britain for their show of force, especially against partisan fighters and civil militias.
November 20, 2019: Kurzweil Biotech's Cyber Eye enters widespread consumer availability.
January 31, 2020: The UK's ministry of defense accelerates their budget cutting process and meets their goal of reducing personnel. Many veterans of the recent war are now out of work with none of their previous benefits.
February 26, 2020: After repeated confrontations the US enters war with Iran.
March 1, 2020: Former Rear Admiral Nathaniel Swift forms Blue Water International, a private military firm based out of Manchester that quickly becomes a haven for British military veterans.
March 17, 2020: After Iranian military commanders threaten to utilize Nuclear weapons the US Department of Defense hastily form contracts with a number of private military firms, no doubt to avoid news coverage of flag draped coffins. They contact Triple Canopy, Dyncorp, and newly founded Blue Water International.
April 1, 2020: Russian AI weaponry is seen in support of Iranian units.
April 24, 2020: Iran is forces to surrender after a brutal campaign conducted by Private Military Firms. Iran attempts to gain support from the UN in their condemnation of the US but finds few willing to side with them after their threat of Nuclear war. Many though take note of the success of the private military companies.
July 4, 2020: Kurzweil Biotech is contracted by the Department of Defense to provide enhanced prosthetics to US troops that were wounded in Iran. They are also contacted by representatives from the Private Military firms seeking to look after their employees.
July 25, 2020: The Air Force finishes testing of the Morpho.
October 28, 2020: After a series of very successful negotiations, Dyncorp owner Cerberus Capital Management contacts Kurzweil Biotech.
December 1, 2020: Cheaper products from Kurzweil Biotech and their sister companies can be purchased as Walmart.
January 29, 2020: A UN sponsored security committee launches an investigation into Russia's unmanned weapon program.
March 3, 2020: Kurzweil Biotech forms a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Health to begin research into Nanotechnology.
April 16, 2020: Raytheon and Boeing begin developing a prototype of the Aurora, a scram-jet transport plane.
September 27, 2020: Diamandis once again is called in to assist Raytheon.
October 12, 2020: The UN security committee sent to Russia finds that their research and development of AI weaponry as well as Energy weapons to be entirely level. Their trade with Iran was legitimate as well.
December 24, 2020: Russia becomes a member of NATO.
January 15, 2021: AAC and KAC part ways citing corporate differences. Both companies research into caseless ammunition grinds to a halt as they enter legal purgatory.
March 5, 2021: Major legal allegations are raised against Foxconn after their newest prosthetic leg unit severely electrocutes an estimated 1.5 million users.
September 6, 2021: Warwick begins a new AI project, one that will interface with the human consciousness as confirmed by an interview in Wired.
November 29, 2021: China begins moving troops into Tajikistan and Pakistan supposedly to provide security for migrant workers and to supplement infrastructure building.
to be continued....