The Scam Artist -- A Cliff Hensley Flick

Founded in 2003, Dynamic Technologies is the brainchild of multi-billionaire business mogul and acclaimed roboticist Winston Heinrich. Says Shelby Hutchins, DT Public Relations, "[Dynamic Technologies] is dedicated to exploring and developing cutting edge technologies and ideas that will change the way we live." ("Wired World" interview, November 2005 issue). The company began the first of several hostile takeovers soon after it's creation, starting with upstart pharmaceutical research firm Medicatech Clinics. Dynamic Technologies has since released numerous medications and treatments for everything from cancer to the common cold. Their AIDS vaccine earned Winston Heinrich the Nobel Price in 2010. While the success of Dynamic Technologies' medical ventures has earned the company wide acclaim, their most well publicized program is the as yet unrealized Artificial Life Project--Winston Heinrich's personal dream of fusing the research fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and biology to create a living, breathing, thinking machine indistinguishable from an organic human. In 2015, five years after the project's announcement, with proof of the ALP's success or failure still nonexistent, the public's faith in the company is dwindling--and the state of the Market is showing it.

How do you build a multi-billion dollar company in less than two years? Find one that already exists, then steal it and give it a new name. Perhaps no one has lived this mantra more successfully than Josephine Heinrich, ex-wife of Dynamic Technologies CEO Winston Heinrich and founder of Applied Robotics. When Josephine and Winston divorced in 2013, she took half his company with her in a court settlement. The entire process was quick, the U.S. government anxious to chip away at any corporation's power. Since it's creation, Applied Robotics has remained in aggressive competition with Dynamic Technologies in the field of robotics. Says Josephine Heinrich, "[Winston] is a brilliant man, but far from practical. He's chasing his white whale instead of focusing on the payoff closer to home. While Dynamic Technologies wastes its time trying to realize science fiction, [Applied Robotics is] focusing on more practical application. It makes great science fiction, but nobody really wants artificial life. What they want is a mindless automated appliance to do their dishes, preferably that matches the kitchen." ("Practical Robotics" interview, December 2014 issue).

In the year 2015, Unified Telecom is the largest telecommunications firm in the world. The company owns every phone line in the continental United States, and has established themselves as North America's only Internet Service Provider. By not allowing access to the Internet via computer systems which are not certified "UT Network Compatible", they have also become the only supplier of computer systems and network hardware/software in that global region. Originally a provisionary creation of the FCC set up to maintain the United States ailing telecommunications grid after numerous communications companies went belly up in rapid succession, the organization was soon privatized (in accordance with the Free Market Act of 2007, calling for the de-regulation of all industry and recognizing the extraterritoriality of all incorporated businesses). Despite some skepticism concerning the corporation's strongly established monopoly, the company remains dedicated to supporting its large customer base. Says Jean Everton, UT Advisory Council Member, "It's all about the consumer. If we don't keep them happy, they'll turn to the competition. We don't want that to happen, so we take every step possible to make sure the competition can never be better than us." ("The Market Today" interview, Corporate News Network, first aired January 2011). It sounds like a winning business model, but this reporter cannot help but ask, "What competition, exactly?"