Portal Technology

After Dark Matter and an array of other Exotic particles were discovered in the 2030s, the initial steps of research were taken by the EU and later stolen by the US. In the present Era, Portal Technology is still in the very early phase. There are attempts to recreate the Portal gun from the portal but most research and development is centred around a type of Stargate tech. When the Exotic particles were discovered in 2030, there was evidence found of a pocket universe known as Hyperspace.   This Pocket universe could be used to bridge the gap between areas of space. Initial Portals can transit matter across the same room and still nearly blow out a DM Generator. They're still very inefficient and complete power hogs but the science leads inventors to believe that using a micro portal projector or a 'Portal gun' could allow instantaneous transport of matter across rooms or perhaps from a couple of rooms.   The Big Portals are a part of the theorised Hypegate project, where ships are meant to speed up and punch through a portal gate into Hyperspace. Obviously, the creation of these portal gates makes FTL a reality but they could only be maintained by Dark Matter power generators.
Dark Matter Energy   

Possible Uses

Mass Deployment of Portals could optimize travel in ways never before seen, Megaplexes could have local portals that transport even larger numbers of people across places and significantly boost mobility. It could also make going to a separate country for lunch hand making it in time for dinner an actual possibility. The near instantaneous transport of resources would alleviate giant amounts of pressure on resource transport and relegate trains, and ships to more important resources for long hauls while supplies get quickly transferred within a city.   This could also mean that Work commutes could literally cross countries and break down national borders and further optimize human cooperation, providing the current Majority Nationalist Governments of the world either fall or moderate. It may even dramatically speed up communication. ISPs could feed signals through portals and shorten connection distance, rapidly progressing communication technologies and making globalization even faster.   With Interstellar Ambitions in mind, Portals could make interplanetary trade even easier with portals b between space stations to speed up sunlight travel and lessen interstellar traffic while also simplifying interplanetary communication lines.   

The Powers Behind Development

As is to be expected if you read the Article on Dark Matter Energy, South American Treaty Organization and The United States of America are the two big powers behind the development of portals. While the rest of the world tries to play catch up, these two continental rivals are eager to be the ones to invent portal technology first and apply it for military use in order to beat each other on the geopolitical stage.   There is a lot of tension with Portal Tech, both Governments have theorised what potential invasions or counter-invasions could look like while using this tech. However Military ambition isn't the only Ambition the two powers have. While the USA dreams of Eternal Global Dominance, SATO dreams of kick-starting Re-globalisation and creating a Globalised world built to last with better Internet, connectivity and of course, Travel options.  

Potential Risks

As the study goes on, scientists have found evidence of a new type of disaster, affectionately called a Resonance cascade, based on the Half-life version of this event. If a Portal was to be unstable or explode, it's likely to create a mass discharge of energy that could vaporize everything in the vicinity, unleash horrific amounts of gamma radiation and cause cascading daisy chains of explosions.    There is also reason to worry that such events may actually spur unknown predators to attack current reality, as such methods of fail safeing the portals are always being looked into. Another Hazard of course is invasions because the gates are doors and if you leave the door open, anyone could just walk in. new Security measures will have to be developed, adding a new layer of concerns for security organizations or the military trying to secure a site.  

Power Problems

As you may have guessed, this process is extremely power-hungry. Current-day DM Generators tend to blow when even transporting an object into the same room. This is likely due to the flow of power rather than the generation of it. Power use kicks up at the dropping into Hyperspace and then again out of hyperspace. Most known cables tend to catch on fire drying to vent all of that power through and everything ends up overcharged, frying electronics and if a power problem results in an unstable rift, the earlier hazards explained could result.   Meaning that in order to make Portals a reality, Earth not only has to make portals work but work out how to stabilise them and how to safely shut them off when a problem arises.