Joe and Nick discuss eye-related superpowers, Cyclops, Superman, Hawkeye, laser- cells, iris scanning, Bremsstrahlung, eye transplants, Gazerbeam, tetrachromacy, the Pedoscope, and Joe’s x-ray glasses
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Joe’s Show Notes:
00:00 Welcome Back to the Basement Studio
00:39 Anime unrelated to episode but cool to check out
01:37 Craft Beers and Local Brews
04:33 Cyclops and His Optic Blasts
06:24 Asimov: The Gods Themselves (1972)
07:41 Superman heat vision and Gazerbeam: Incredibles Laser Vision
08:48: Biohacking a LASER eye
- 2011 Research by Gather and Yun
12:00 MIRACL 1980 DOD LASER
17:23 Exploring Superman’s X-Ray Vision
- Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen’s) theory of vision
- 3 sources of X-rays: Synchrotron radiation, Bremsstrahlung, Backscatter X-ray
- Pedoscope: Foot X-ray machine
25:00 Parts of the eye
25:59 Discussion on ‘The Power‘ and ‘Brightburn‘
28:26 Hawkeye‘s Supervision and Vision Metrics
30:45 Tetrachromacy and Color Vision Genetics
32:55 Blind Superheroes and Sci-Fi Vision Tech
- Marvel Daredevil
- Geordi La Forge’s VISOR
34:37 Joe in the Basement studio
36:47 Biometric: iris recognition and Iris Patterns
37:00 Iris structure and iridology
- Do raccoons have finger prints? No, they have small, densely packed epidermal domes that each overlie a cone-shaped dermal papilla.
40:46 Advancements in eye transplants
43:12 Joe and Nick pick the Best Eye Superpower they’d want
46:04 Wrapping Up
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