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The Science of The Expanse: Season 1, Episode 6

In the future, we'll be able to replace our eyes with cameras. Awesome.

By Bryan Enk
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How about the creepy dude spying on Naomi and Holden in the bar on Tycho? He inspires yet another reference to Canadian power trio Rush on the show: "The Camera Eye" (the fifth track on what's arguably their most popular album, Moving Pictures).

Just last Summer, Surgeons in Manchester performed the first bionic eye implant in a patient with age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world. The retinal implant converts video images from a miniature video camera worn on his glasses. Now he can make out the direction of white lines on a computer screen using the retinal implant. Fast forward this tech 300 years. I think we're good here. What's interesting is that is shows that he is live-transmitting the footage, which means that his body is basically acting like one big cellular transmitter. Scary stuff.

 

In the future, we'll blow up asteroids and scavenge them for precious ore.

We'll also be able to heal our wounds with spray-on bio bandages and create gorgeous works of art with seemingly sentient spray paint.

And, best of all, we'll also be able to replace our eyes with cameras.

Click here to see if it's possible or just a bunch of hooey.