Chapter 262: ARCHITECT CAIN
One week was their deadline. One week was the time given to construct the Raman Spectroscopy. The third day came and went. In the first few hours of the fourth day...
"We’re done." David let out a sigh and plopped down. "Finally."
The Raman Spectroscopy was complete.
Chuckling, Kazi sat down beside his friend. Admittedly, he was quite relieved too. Kazi and David sat with water bottles, drinking and leaning on the wall. Laid out in front of them was a mini-factory. Fifty by fifty feet, rows of conveyor belts stood dormant, their mechanical arms and specific operations poised to spring to life at a moment’s notice. Metal mingled with the thick aroma of grease and lubricant. It was quite nasty.
"You were smart to start building in advance," David remarked. "We’re going to have so much to show."
To bring the best impression possible, they planned to bring several additional devices. That included a fully-functioning phone, a Light Detection and Ranging sensor, and the highly requested Raman Spectroscopy. Kazi flipped over the flip phone in his hand, examining it. He couldn’t believe he had done it. He and David had been working in the background whenever possible. The device boasted a slim and lightweight construction and fit comfortably in the palm of his hand. He turned it on with the side-button. Crisp clarity and vivid colours came through. The bezels were minimal too.
"A bit slow on the activation," Kazi muttered.
"Nobody is gonna notice," David said. He inhaled. "But goddammit, it’s annoying me. Here, give it to me, I’ll try and adjust it."
The tempered glass of the phone was the least trickiest part. The modern smartphone market used aluminosilicate glass which required zeolite, a naturally occurring element. On Earth, it would have been easy enough to gain. Here in the White Abyss, not as much. Kazi had to sacrifice modernity and chose to manufacture borosilicate glass instead. The primary materials were boric oxide, silica sand, soda ash, and alumina. The quality was superior to normal glass and thus had other marketable functions. In other words, even if Kazi’s idea failed, he had something to lean on: the water bottle and camera industries. After all, on the back of the phone, a polished casing housed the camera module.