detecting the nano-dust material. And even if one is eventually developed, it doesn’t really matter.” We have complete control of having the nano-dust self-destruct in the host. Within twenty-four hours the nano-dust is completely flushed from the host’s body. ”
“Would a person notice any side effects of carrying the nano-dust in the body?” asked Dan. “For example would they feel some pressure on their eye or would their vision be blurred in anyway.”
“No, they wouldn’t feel any significant pressure on the optic nerve, nor would their vision be blurred. Although, it might be possible that they feel some eye fatigue by late in the day, as the video sensor is in effect a form of a parasite on the eye. However the fatigue would be very minimal and would have no long term negative impact on the eye.”
“How is information transmitted and received to and from the nano-dust sensors to NSurv?” asked Ron.
“Very simply,” responded Dr. Gillian. Communication with the nano-dust sensors occurs via any Wi-Fi connection within a two hundred meter radius of the sensors, regardless of whether or not the Wi-Fi unit has security enabled, or is a mobile unit. As long as there is a Wi-Fi device within this range we can transmit instructions and receive uploads to and from the nano-dust particles.”
“Dr. Gillian, you and your team have outdone yourselves yet again,” said Ron as he slapped Dr. Gillian on the back. “This technology will allow us to conduct the surveillance we need to fully unravel the sorted connections and inter-workings between the administration and its allies.”
“Thank you Ron. My team has worked very hard on bringing this technology to fruition.”
“One final question though Dr. Gillian. I see you had Rufus ingest the nano-dust by eating it. Next weekend’s private meeting with the Secretary of Commerce and business leaders in San Francisco will involve several dozen people. How do you plan on having us deploy the nano-dust at this event?”
“The nano-dust can also be ingested into a human body via inhalation,” responded Dr. Gillian. “Consequently, we will provide you and your team with several aerosol containers filled with nano-dust. You’ll just need to inject the contents of the aerosol containers into the hotel conference room’s air conditioning system.”
“Initially you’ll be able to observe anyone, or anything, that has inhaled the nano-dust. For those that inhaled the nano-dust that do not have a DNA signature that you’re interested in, you’ll deactivate their nano-dust immediately. Thus, only the targets you want to keep tabs on will have their nano-dust activated, controlled and monitored.”
Chapter 11 (March 1, 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time)
Following his meeting with Joe Stevens in the morning, Dave had flown the Citation M2 from Boston down to New York City and had checked into the Waldorf Astoria hotel. He was having dinner this evening with Dana Cogswell, a reporter with the American Broadcasting Organization (ABO). They had gone to Stanford together, where Dana had majored in Journalism. Dana had worked at a couple of ABO local television news affiliates, including one out in the San Jose area, before working her way up as an investigative reporter at ABO headquarters in New York City. They had dated both at Stanford and when she was working in the San Jose ABO affiliate, however their careers had kept them from making a long term commitment with one another. Both, however, still very much cared for one another as they were cut from the same cloth. They each had what seemed to be unlimited drive and ambition, yet both were humble and altruistic when it came to dealing with other