This is a timeline of events. So there. Keep in mind some of this may not happen.
May, 2020 - Gerald Brine graduates high school at HAAS with a 4.0 at the age of 16.
August, 2020 - Gerald Brine starts a two year term at UH Hilo, majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
May, 2022 - Gerald graduates two year college with perfect marks.
August, 2022 - Gerald moves to Singapore, Singapore to go to the National University of Singapore to earn a PhD in Math, Science and Engineering.
May, 2030 - Gerald graduates and his title becomes Doctor Brine.
August, 2030 - Doctor Brine moves back home and gets a job as an engineer, mostly to tinker with things.
November, 2031 - Doctor Brine invents his first creation, the Candy Crusher. It's patented.
January, 2034 - Doctor Brine invents a teleporter, but is beaten to the patent.
April, 2034 - Doctor Brine invents the Quantum Re-assembly Unit. (Or QRU for short.) Inventing is still hard, but building things becomes a lot easier. It is patented.
September, 2036 - Doctor Brine invents the Digitizer, and patents it as his own invention. It's a success, obviously.
December, 2036 - Doctor Brine builds a massive lab that cost a lot of money.
Some month before August, 2038 - Doctor Brine invents a time machine and forgets when he built it. It's patented.
2039 - Doctor Brine invents a couple of things, including the Instant Anythings, and the Rocket Fuel. They are obviously patented.
2040 - Doctor Brine celebrates the fact that the second half of the year is now twice the first half. Also, he invents the cloning machine, something that took him waaaaay too long. And just like everything else, it's patented. After ten long years of inventing stuff he finally takes a rest. He is now 37 years old.
October 24, 2040 - The new story begins. The world isn't ready for what's going to happen next…
Just you wait and see...