Kate M. Galey | Emergency Repair

Published: June 2, 2015, 10 a.m.

I work the tip of a flathead screwdriver into the barely visible notch along the sternum and pry up the aluminum polymer casing covering the android\u2019s chest. My fingers burn when they make contact with the exposed skeletal components \u2014 no time to let it cool down. If I were back in the R&D lab at Hess Industrial, I\u2019d spray the unit with a liquid nitrogen compound to get it down to temperature quickly and use therma flec gloves to handle the carbon-nanotube motors. | Copyright 2015 by Kate M. Galey. Narrated by Cassandra Campbell.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices