process.
“So how are you doing this morning Dr. Gillian,” said Ron. “Is your nano-dust ready for deployment?”
Dr. Gillian was seated on a lab stool, bent over rubbing his dog’s ears. “Yes, we are all set for next week and Rufus here is going to demonstrate it for you,” as he looked down affectionately at his dog, a yellow Labrador Retriever.
“I just need to prepare Rufus’s special morning breakfast, and if I know Rufus, we should be ready in about two minutes after I feed it to him,” said Dr. Gillian.
Dr. Gillian went over to one of the lab refrigerators and pulled out Rufus’s favorite can of dog food. He scooped out several large tablespoons of dog food and broke it up in the dog bowl. He then pulled out of a glass cabinet a small vial of the nano-dust material and sprinkled it on the dog food as if he was salting a steak. Again, he mixed up the dog food with the nano-dust and placed the bowl on the floor in front of Rufus. As anticipated, Rufus attacked the food as if it was his last meal. Within just a couple of minutes Rufus was licking the sides of the bowl to ensure he got every last morsel of it.
As Rufus ate, Dr. Gillian guided Ron over to a computer screen. “As you can see Ron we have several windows displayed on the screen for managing, monitoring and controlling the nano-dust that Rufus here has so voraciously just consumed.”
Rufus walked over to Dr. Gillian and Ron, and sat right next to them looking very contented after just finishing his morning breakfast.
“If you look here at the top left of the computer screen you’ll see a signature code,” said Dr. Gillian. “This signature code identifies the DNA associated with Rufus. Now that we have identified Rufus by his DNA, I will configure some of the nano-dust he has ingested into two cameras, one for each of his eyes. Effectively I am controlling some of the nano-dust to work its way behind the optical nerves of Rufus’s eyes and have it function as cameras. Normally the optic nerve transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. The nano-dust will “snoop” this optical transmission and transmit it back to this computer, where it will be displayed on the screen. The end result, we’ll be able to watch what Rufus is seeing.”
Dr. Gillian moved the computer mouse and clicked on a couple of soft graphical user interface buttons on the screen. Instantly an image appeared on one of the computer’s window panes showing the legs and backs of Dr. Gillian and Ron. It was the view from Rufus’s eyes as he stood behind them and looked up at their rear torsos.
“Fantastic,” whispered Ron. “It’s incredible how clear the image is.”
Dr. Gillian picked up a tennis ball on the lab bench and showed it to Rufus before tossing it down the lab floor. Immediately Rufus chased after it, and as he did Dr. Gillian and Ron stared at the computer screen as Rufus ran. Watching the computer screen image was akin to sitting on a running horse as Rufus ran after the ball.
“We can also configure the nano-dust to function as microphone pickups, if you will, to listen in on what Rufus is hearing,” said Dr. Gillian. “Moreover, we can adjust the video clarity and the audio volume by directing more nano-dust to the particular nano-dust sensor. In addition, we can have the nano-dust report chemical signatures in the host’s blood stream. As a result, we can know what the host has consumed, and even where they’ve been.”
“Can the nano-dust be detected in the bloodstream?” asked Ron.
“No,” responded Dr. Gillian. “There are currently no medical methods today capable of