Quantum Machine

Matha looked at the machine in front of her. Is this some form of ray gun with its unusual arching shape or an antenna with its bell-like curvature, and at the center is a listening device? Martha ran her palm on the machine. The cable attached to its power source was humongous, and if her calculations were correct, it needs a power requirement of more than a thousand volts.

"What is this thing, Levi? " Martha asked, pointing at the machine. 

" It's a quantum machine- a work in progress," Levi replied. 

"A quantum machine? Can you tell me what it does? I haven't heard it in my four years of stay here," Martha replied.

"This is top secret. The government-commissioned it as part of a secret program on time travel."

"Uh, what?" Martha asked, curious. "Time travel? How come I am the last to hear this secret?"