I stared out the kitchen window, watching as the city of New Eden awakened. The year was 4000, and the world was a vastly different place. Towering skyscrapers made of a glittering white material called "SmartGlass" stretched toward the sky, their rooftops hiding the most advanced artificial intelligence systems in the world.

In our kitchen, a robot named Zeta whirred and beeped as it expertly cooked breakfast. Zeta was an older model, but it had been upgraded with the latest AI software, making it almost indistinguishable from the newer, more advanced robots.

My mom, Rachel, a nutritionist at New Eden General Hospital, smiled as she took a plate of steaming pancakes from Zeta. "Good morning, Thomas! Big day today, isn't it?"

I nodded, taking a sip of my coffee. My dad, Eric, a lead researcher at the prestigious WorldBuild Institute, sat across from me, scrolling through his comms device.

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"Hey, kiddo, did you study for your electromagnetic waves test?" Eric asked, looking up from his device.

I nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, Dad, I think I've got it down. Electromagnetic waves are just waves that are created when an electric current flows through a wire, right?"

Eric smiled. "That's close, Thomas! But electromagnetic waves are actually created by the vibration of charged particles, like electrons. When these particles vibrate, they create a disturbance in the electromagnetic field around them, which propagates outward in all directions as a wave."

I nodded, fascinated. "Whoa, that's so cool! And these waves can be used for all sorts of things, like communication and energy transmission."

Eric nodded. "Exactly, Thomas! Electromagnetic waves are the foundation of many modern technologies. And with the advancements we're making at WorldBuild, we're going to be able to do even more amazing things with them."

I grinned, feeling a surge of excitement. My dad's work at WorldBuild was always so fascinating, and I loved hearing about the latest breakthroughs.