4 Quantumnetics Building Toronto, Canada January 10th 2032 On the desk in Stephen Kobak’s top floor office at Quantumnetics the wireless communicator beeped. He picked up the quarter-sized prototype communicator. The edge was smooth and it weighed less than a penny. One side had an adhesive that stuck to his skin but peeled off easily. He placed it behind his ear on the mastoid nerve. Warmth tingled against the crinkled skin of his neck. He woke up his advanced artificial intelligence machine, “Colossus” he enunciated in a loud voice. “You want my help on a project, Stephen?” Colossus asked. “Yes. I’ve just had an unusual request to research Bigfoot.” My apologies I don’t know that task but do you have time to teach me? Kobak hated that patent reply. “No. I want you to do a Web sea

