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Technological Advances
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1990
TIMELINE SPLIT
Celestial -
1991
Artificial muscle fibers developed
Technological achievementThe first real step towards cybernetic limbs is taken.
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1992
Low-Earth Orbit Advances
Technological achievementLaser lift arrays are in use in the USSR and the first massdriver is established by the Eurospace Agency.
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1993
Neural interface systems developed
Technological achievementCybernetic installations are now possible, and begin gaining popularity through the next decade.
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1999
2003
Cyber Revolution
Cultural eventCheap cyberware manufacturers and street-level chop shops are now widely available, and cyberware is no longer available to only the rich and powerful.
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1999
Tycho Moon Colony established
Technological achievement -
2001
Worldsat Network completed
Technological achievementThe framework needed for the Net is in place, and the Net itself begins growing exponentially.
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2004
Human Tissue Successfully Cloned
Technological achievement -
2005
Cyberpsychosis Identified
Plague / EpidemicCyberpsychosis is identified and described by government scientists working on highly modified cybernetic soldiers. Various scientists around the world begin experimenting with methods of treating it.
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2006
Invention of Braindance
Technological achievement -
2011
Invention of visual-sensory Net interfaces
Technological achievement -
2012
Invention of nanotech
Technological achievement -
2013
First True Artificial Intelligence Developed
Technological achievement -
2014
Net becomes fully Virtual Reality
Technological achievementThe I-G algorithm is put into use globally, creating the virtual world called "the Net." Netrunners become a thing.
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2015
First true cyborgs appear
Technological achievementFull human-to-machine conversions are seen for the first time
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2019
Invention of portable cellular cyberdecks
Technological achievement -
2026
42027
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Destruction of the Net
Disaster / DestructionThe release of the DataKrash virus completely destroys the Global Satellite Network over the course of about 10 months.
Additional timelines
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2029
4
Il Centro is created
Technological achievementIn the wake of the destruction of the Net, Milan creates Il Centro, one of the first city-wide data pool networks. Other cities soon follow suit.
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2032
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