The Gaven

Google has been testing it’s driverless car. They expect it to be commercially viable in ten years. Since The Gaven is set in 2047, it’s not so far-fetched anymore.

Here is another story about the use of alcohol detectors in cars becoming the standard. The American Beverage Institute claims the ROADS SAFE Act could mandate that all cars have a device that could determine if a driver had been drinking, a device which authors of the bill say doesn’t exist today. In some California [...]

Just another tidbit from my book that is no longer just on paper and quickly becoming a reality. The cloaking device that’s turning things invisible was developed by scientists at Birmingham University in England, and recently announced by British media as “a crystal that can exploit light refraction on demand.” Birmingham University chief scientist Dr. [...]

I was just reading about this and thought about a specific part of The Gaven where Damaes needed to use something similar. It seems a lot of the ideas and prototypes that incorporated into The Gaven are starting to become a reality, which is a good thing. Dr. Fiona Wood – a British born plastic [...]

Though I did not go into great detail about the cloak in The Gaven, here is another real life application of a tool used in The Gaven.