A Helping Hand - 16/10/2098

Construction

The Republic of China recently negotiated a deal to purchase advanced nanotechnology, significant electronic technology, and advanced Photonics from the Damestan Caliphate in exchange for tungsten and approximately $420 billion. Though costly, these technologies have been incorporated into new state and private 3D printers, which already have been able to produce grenade launchers and tank turrets since 2012. Through a combination of preciseness and the usage of nanomaterials, 3D printing has become a more viable, cheaper, and efficient way to produce a large swath of manufactured goods, construction, and weapons.

Tungsten

Whether it be building new apartment complexes, firearms, consumer goods, tools, automotive, or aerospace goods, the new technology has allowed for these to be produced on a massive scale with less labour necessary. Reduced costs have led to a temporary boom in the economy, though coupling with huge layoffs and unemployment. The nation has become a richer, but less equal nation. In order to make up for this, many of these hopeless folk have become employed by the state in the civil service if able to pass the notably difficult Chinese exams, or in the military and the state-run parts of the military industrial complex. 3D printing's ability to rapidly create prototypes of new technologies has led to an increase in experimental goods and tools

Construction *The majority of 3D printed construction is simply assembly of prefabricated 3D printed building parts rather than being printed on-site as shown in this photo

3D printing, proving itself to be a revolutionary technology, has been incorporated into education. Knowledge on how to use 3D printing has become widespread due to being a requirement in new school curriculums and the state offering short week-long courses for the simple to use 3D printing technology free of charge.

Children learning

Weeders

New technologies have begun to be incorporated into new laser weeders, hydroponics, water purifiers, and the production of GMOs. Development for precise water purification systems have begun, which are to be used for water recycling and in a few years for treating irradiated water. Laser weeders with advanced photonics and nano-scale preciseness which can detect and eliminate weeds before they are even visible to the naked eyes have been developed and will be rolled out for mass usage. Monitoring systems for crop pathogens and the environment have also been developed for later wider usage. Both laser weeders and crop monitoring systems have smaller versions usable for home gardens and hydroponics.

Laser weeder

The purchased nanotechnology has allowed for the rapid development of new genetically-modified strains of crops, especially rice, that are less water reliant, durable, pest-resistant, nutritious, better-tasting, and with longer shelf lives. Advanced photonics has made hydroponics much more reliable and cheap, an already growing industry due to people having to invest in it because of radiation.

Hydroponic garden in state bunker

HELICOPTER HELICOPTER!

The National Protection Army Ground Force has now publicly released its new helicopters, a testament to how rapid production can become simply by using 3D printing for certain parts. It has released the Harbin Z-20, an attack helicopter, and the Harbin Z-10, a utility helicopter, of which there are 32 and 64 of respectively. The state has also given public information on its new anti-tank missiles, autocannons, air-to-air missiles, surface-to-air missiles, and torpedoes.

Harbin Z-10

Harbin Z-20

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