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Black Silicon Used For Surveillance?
An anonymous reader writes "For the past decade, 'black silicon' has been touted as a way to make super-sensitive image sensors and ultra-efficient solar cells. That's because the material — silicon wafers treated with sulfur gases and femtosecond laser pulses — is much better at absorbing photons and releasing electrons than conventional silicon, at least over certain wavelengths. In 2008, Harvard spinoff SiOnyx went public with its plans to commercialize black silicon. But what happened to those plans? Today SiOnyx revealed in another exclusive that it has raised new venture financing from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and other big investors. It also has formed a key strategic partnership to scale up manufacturing of black silicon — and go after markets in security, surveillance, automotive, consumer devices, and medical imaging."
You insensitive clods!
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
"Do you like what you doth see...?" said the voluptuous AI-maiden as she provocatively parted the folds of her ICE to reveal the rounded, black silicone glories within. Case's throat was dry, though his head reeled with desire and vodka.
cyberspace.
She slipped off the flimsy garment and glided toward the fascinated console cowboy unashamed of her nakedness. She ran a perfect hand along his hairy toes, and he helplessly watched them curl with the fierce insistent wanting of her.
"Let me make thee more comfortable," she whispered hoarsely, fiddling with the clasps of his motorcycle jacket, loosening his belt with a laugh. "Touch me, oh touch me," she crooned.
the matrix.
Case's hand, as though of its own will, reached out and traced the delicate swelling of her AI-breast, while the other slowly crept around her tiny, flawless waist, crushing her to his skinny chest.
"Toes, I love hairy toes," she moaned, forcing him down on the silvered carpet. Her tiny pink toes caressed the luxuriant fur of his instep while Case's nose sought out the warmth of her precious AI-navel.
cyberspace.
"But I'm so small and hairy, and...and you're so beautiful," Case whimpered, slipping clumsily out of his crossed garters.
The AI-maiden said nothing, but only sighed deep in her throat and held him more firmly to her faunlike body. "There is one thing you must do for me first," she whispered into one virtual ear.
cyberspace.
"Anything," sobbed Case, growing frantic with his need. "Anything!"
She closed her eyes and then opened them to the ceiling. "The passphrase," she said. "I must have your passphrase."
Case's whole body tensed. "Oh no," he cried, "not that! Anything but...that."
"I must have it," she said both tenderly and fiercely. "I must have the code!"
the matrix.
Case's eyes blurred with tears and confusion. "I can't," he said. "I musn't!"
But he knew resolve was no longer strong in him. Slowly, the AI-maiden's hand inched toward the chain in his vest pocket, closer and closer it came to the code Case had guarded so faithfully...