Jack
Hooper woke up on a Saturday in the year 2130, and nuzzled against
his wife, who was lying in bed with him.
Walking
into his kitchen, Jack went his up to his 3D Printer, and printed out
a big stack of perfectly cooked pancakes. It only took a minute, and
was so much easier than shaking out pancake mix, breaking eggs,
adding milk, pouring the batter, and then running a risk of burning
one of the pancakes.
Jack
decided to go shopping for some new clothes. Jack knew that most of
his friends shopped for clothes at home. It was easy. You used your
3D wall screen to select the clothes you wanted. You then pressed a
Dress button, and your wall screen showed you exactly how the clothes
would look on you if you bought them. If you decided to buy the
clothes, you then pressed a Print button, and the clothes would
quickly print out on your 3D printer.
But
Jack liked to shop for clothes the old fashioned way. He wasn't quite
sure why – maybe it was because he liked to touch all the different
textures of clothing. There were still a few old-fashioned clothes
stores left, and Jack enjoyed going to them.
He
got dressed, and walked out towards his black car parked on the
street. Jack paused for a second, and stared at the car.
“Nah,”
Jack said aloud.
Jack
took out a little remote control unit from his pocket, and fiddled
with its interface for a while. Then he clicked a little button
marked Change.
Suddenly
his car transformed itself. The car changed from a box-shaped vehicle
to a much more slick and sleek vehicle, and the color changed from
black to red.
“Cool,”
Jack said calmly.
He
jumped in the car, and drove to the clothes store. After buying the
clothes, he spread them out on the hood of his car, taking another
look at them.
“Nah,”
he said.
Jack
took out the little remote control unit from his pocket, and fiddled
with its interface for a while. Then he clicked a little button
marked Change.
The
clothes on the hood of the car changed their colors to a new look
Jack had selected. Jack then put them into his car, and drove off.
Jack
drove back to his house. He parked the car a few houses away. When he
approached the house, he took a good look at it, and began to stroke
his chin.
“Nah,”
he said.
Jack
took out the little remote control unit from his pocket, and fiddled
with its interface again. Then he clicked a little button marked
Change.
Jack's
house then transformed its appearance. The shiny steel exterior
suddenly became an exterior that looked like elegant redwood. The
windows became much larger, and a chimney grew out of the roof. It
took only five minutes for this transformation.
“Cool,”
said Jack. Gonna enjoy that new fireplace, he thought to himself.
He
walked into his house, and saw his wife.
Jack's
wife was actually a robot wife. But she had soft flesh that no one
could tell was not human flesh. She was also bright, pleasant, and a
great cook and housekeeper.
Jack
realized that he was tired of making love to the same old dark haired
thin woman. He wanted to try a different type of mate. So he took out
the remote control from his pocket, and fiddled with its interface.
Then he clicked a little button marked Change.
Suddenly
Jack's robot wife transformed so that it no longer looked like a thin
woman with dark hair. Now it looked liked a younger blonde woman with
a much fuller figure.
“Cool,”
said Jack. He printed out himself some lunch, and began watching 3D
television.
On
the television, the news announcer reported the death of a famous
person.
“The
world mourned the death today of Cyril Rodgers, the inventor of
programmable matter,” said the announcer. “Rodger's amazing
invention led to the creation of countless thousands of products that
can instantly change their appearance, through the wonder of
molecular re-materialization. Rodgers' invention transformed our
world in countless ways.”
“Duh,
tell me about it,” chuckled Jack.
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