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| A file photo of the TMCi prototype control interface during a calibration test. |
The computer's RAM, or memory cards, stopped functioning shortly after the prototype control panel was opened while still connected to the computer via USB cable.
"We believe the timing of the failure and the nature of the damage points to temporal radiation," temporal dynamics engineer Jessica Lawrence said, "We have quarantined all of the affected equipment."
CiDR temporal dynamics and IT engineers ran extensive diagnostics on the damaged laptop and found unusual results.
"This is not the kind of thing you usually see in a RAM failure," IT engineer Thomas Fielding said, "I've never seen anything like it. It's like the data is only half there at random intervals."
Temporal Radiation is a type of non-ionizing radiation, similar to microwaves, that has properties of both waves and particles and appears to exist simultaneously at different points in the multidimensional timeline. Its effects are not well understood, and this may be the first time its effects have been directly observed.
As a result of this incident, the CiDR Administrative Team is currently assembling a group of experts to more closely study temporal radiation and create new safety protocols to mitigate any future radiation exposure.