Quantum Computers

Quantum Computers

20 February 2022Science & Tech

Quantum computing has gone from science fiction to foreseeable reality within our lifetime.” (Angela Wilkins, Rice University, August 2021)

Graphene

Graphene

20 February 2022Science & Tech

Like humans, the fictional character Nahbi is a carbon-based sentient being. In my novel Nahbi, real technology was used as a starting point and then extrapolated in plausible ways that technologies might evolve. One of the most important technologies used in the story was graphene.  Graphene is an allotrope of carbon that forms sheets that … Read More

Firearms of the Nahbi Series

Firearms of the Nahbi Series

30 October 2021Weaponry & Military, Writing

Weapons are a major ingredient in the plot of the ‘Nahbi‘ series of novels by Chuck Ervin. For both the uninitiated and the enthusiast, here’s a list of some of the featured guns that appear across the initial books in the series…

Can An Android Smell A Lemon?

Can An Android Smell A Lemon?

30 October 2021Science & Tech

When exposed to pressure or temperature changes, many organic and inorganic molecules exude odors that humans can detect by inhaling those molecules.  Those odors stimulate nasal olfactory neurons that send information to our brains.