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Quantum technology (i.e. quantum computing) is the category of scientific advancement of devices that use the superpositions of electrons to transfer information via teleportation through quantum entanglement. These technologies are smaller than predecessors, a result of processing happening via the cloud through Quantum Networks as opposed to hardware on the devices themselves, thereby eliminating the need for powerful hardware in devices.

Devices such as Wearables have expanded the market of quantum devices. These devices are significantly cheaper than "classic computers" devices that preceded them such as smartphones and laptops, as a result of the low cost involved of manufacturing the simple and "processing-less" devices and the ease of access to the Quantum Network. Wearables further expanded the market when manufacturing turned from traditional assembly to 3D printing using reusable materials such as aluminum and degradable natural plastics.

History

At the precipice of private telecoms companies building their 5G infrastructure, Chinese quantum physicists discovered the ability to teleport data through the quantum entanglement of photons. The initial experiment involved teleporting data from earth to space using photons. The physicists successfully affected the photon in space by manipulating the photon on earth. This "spooky action" as Albert Einstein described it in theory a century earlier based on the principals outlined by Richard Feynman, was then extrapolated by Elon Musk after a conversation with Joe Rogan on the latter's podcast. "If they can do it with photons, imagine the possibility with electrons too; a much more light weight and abundant particle," he said in the 2024 interview. After paying his way into a discovery, Musk's team successfully recreated the Chinese experiment with an electron.

Having already built the infrastructure for cloud based quantum computing a decade prior, IBM teamed up with Musk in creating the first Quantum Network. A successor to the internet, data transfers of any size were instantaneous as a result of being "teleported" rather than transmitted. This new, faster, and cheaper network instantly outdated the still growing 5G network, where data transmission speeds were capped at 5Gb/s. Reconceptualizing his initial plan for a satellite network providing 5G to the planet, Musk and SpaceX launched Quantum Network (now branded Q.Network - "the last time I got creative with naming didn't go so well.") satellites in orbit, providing free global access to any Q.Network enabled device. This marked the first time in history when a network was launched ahead of capable devices being available on the market.

Wearables

Progression The first wave of Q.Network enabled devices came from familiar companies such as Samsung and Apple in the form of their line of smartphones. Alongside WiFi and mobile network capabilities, these generation of smartphones also had the ability to connect to the Q.Network. This quick adoption was thanks to the open patent and ease of access to the Q.Network. "As it turns out, the hard part was discovering just how to manipulate electrons in superposition, and recreating it is as easy as... Apple pie," smirked Tim Cook in a 2026 interview with Vanity Fair.

The Band Remembering his 2018 interview on the Joe Rogan podcast and his views of humans as primitive cyborgs, Musk decided the smartphone was hindering the expansion of the Q.Network. "Right now, we're cyborgs. We have access to all this information instantaneously, but our input is primitive. We're using our thumbs on a screen. We need to think past the smartphone."

In 2027 Musk teamed up with star of That 70s Show and creator of Punk'd Ashton Kutcher, to take advantage of the star's investment in 17 private tech companies to create a new devices for the Quantum era.

The prototype for The Band premiered in a 2029 press conference hosted by Kutcher. "I got to play Steve Jobs once in a movie that got overshadowed by the Michael Fassbender one a year later, and now I get to be his successor." The band is a twist on what Apple had been rehashing for over a decade at the point, a device to wear on your wrist. The twist came when Kutcher unveiled the product without a screen. Instead of a screen, the band projected directed low-light lasers to the wearers eyes, creating an image akin to a Heads Up Display (HUD) that only the wearer can see. This was a particular kick to Apple, who had been developing this laser-to-eye technology for their never-released Apple Glasses product in the mid to late 2010s. "It makes you feel like a Terminator!" Kutcher famously exclaimed in the now historical press conference. Even better, the band uses solar cells embedded within the silicone of the band to store solar energy that is stored in a small battery.

The Band 4.0

When interviewed for a 2031 edition of GQ Magazine, Kutcher and Musk were asked why they haven't obtained trillionaire status. While explaining the supreme low-cost of accessing the Q.Network - or any Quantum-based network of information, and the use of cloud computing keeping hardware costs at pennies on the dollar, Kutcher let slip the latest development in the then unannounced Band 4.0. Here, Kutcher said, "when you can 3D print using plant-based degradable plastics, these things just won't cost us even a dollar to make. That savings gets passed on to the consumer, and we're not a pharmaceutical company to be gouging 7000 times the cost of manufacturing."

The Band 4.0 was officially announced the next day, at the shocking low price of $40.

An Essential Service

Having learned their lesson during the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic, governments around the world acknowledged the need for every person in their respective nations to have access to the internet. In a U.N. summit in 2021, 170 nations signed an agreement to make the internet an essential service to be provided to all citizens of the globe. The tipping point for the "Data Accords" was the worldwide lack of education provided to children during the quarantine lockdown. "You can call it whatever you want, but unless every child had access to a functioning device and stable internet connection, Distance Learning could hardly be considered education," said President Mike Pence, weeks after the massive coronary suffered by the late President Doland J. Trump after learning he truly was suffering from hair loss.

Initial rollout was difficult, given the limitations of governments' infrastructure and the high costs of network expansion. But the release of Musk's Q.Network Satellites providing access points to the Q.Network, governments now only had to worry about providing its citizens with affordable Q.Network Capable Devices.

In 2031 with the release of The Band 4.0 device at the cost of $40 per unit, the world's governments only responsibility now was making sure shelves were stocked.

Education in a Quantum World

To promote equal access to technology, school boards had to take a multi-faceted approach; the landscape was changing so fast, that the initial future of 5G was blown past before it even got off the ground. Education reforms in the wake of COVID-19 saw heavy investment to embed new pedagogies into teacher practices. This included in no small part the use of technologies. Education was negatively impacted by the lack of access to devices and the internet, rendering the then untested Distance Learning useless. Having learned that adopting current technologies as essential to prepare a student for their tomorrows, school boards across the globe adopted the goal of restructuring their finances to move away from traditional practices and into new pedagogies.

By 2031 with access to information and the Q.Network as cheap as a family meal at McDonald's, curriculums had to be updated for this new reality. A new addition to most curriculum was Digital Literacies - teaching students how to make the abundance of technologies and devices in their everyday lives work for them. In addition, the focus of subjects steered away from 20th century "information memorization" (useless in the age of Quantum Networking), and instead leaned into problem solving.

Tech companies started to partner with school boards to provide teachers with the necessary training and education to deliver the "Digital Literacies" curriculum, outfit students with updated technology, and run outreach programs for families to learn how to use technology effectively. New Quantum Robots ("Q-Bots") were created for students to program using Quantum programming.