The Disappearing Act

Back to the teleportation story. So where were we... Ahh! the Chinese scandal.

It did not require the best scientific brains to deduce what had happened. China had converted the teleportation technology to a weapon, which could instantly disintegrate human molecules and vaporize them. It was the teleportation machine without the other part that reintegrated the molecules. This delighted many individuals like those of the Mafia who now found a way to make bodies disappear without a trace. Many however did not like the idea and there was extensive debate over this issue leading to sanctions against China which was already in deep trouble after the collapse of it manufacturing economy.

While the tension in world politics was escalating towards another world war, people did find some good use of the technology. The best rated one was the instant delivery of piping hot Pizza that outdated the 30 minute delivery paradigm. The second best was the use of the technology for the building of the International Space Station and the Moon base. Work towards linking Mars was also underway. Although human teleportation research was banned there was a significant improvement in that area, thanks to the secretly funded research by most of world governments. This was put to use, again secretly, in sending people to the Moon base.

The world was still trying to keep pace with this technology which now was infiltrating all aspect of life. Recently it was also modified to produce energy from garbage and thus there was a positive impact on the environment. However, all such acheivements translated to loss of jobs and this meant trouble. For some strategists war seemed to be a way to control the public unrest (create jobs and reduce population... Is this the Broken Window Fallacy or what?).

Before the world could decide to fight out its problems another amazing thing happened......