Think about it; the quicktank is given a job most of us would laugh out of town. Build a sophisticated camera capable of full 3-D input and peripheral pickup, using only water and jelly. Build an eye.

Warren Ellis
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The quicktank is given a job most of us would laugh out of town. Build a sophisticated camera capable of full 3-D input and peripheral pickup, using only water and jelly.Build an eye. The invention of the QuickTank is a little known fact that has been around since the 1940s. In 1943, Dr.

Alexander Flemming realized that he could trap an electron in a plastic sphere and then use electricity to move it around at will. The eye was originally created as a means for soldiers to safely view things through a scope from a distance. Much later, the Eye became a diagnostic tool for blind people.

Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 2: Lust For Life

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