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A charge-coupled device (CCD) camera with a light-sensitive electronic detector
that Strojnik uses for her work, 1992.
Personal collection.
FROM STONE AGE
TO FUTURISM
As a scientist dealing with the future
throughout her life, Marija sometimes specu-
lates about what it would be like to live in the
Stone Age. Her life expectancy would be short-
er due to poor nutrition, but she thinks that
that would not be such a tragedy because she
would die before getting cancer three times.
Since there were no lenses in the Stone Age, she
would have to live without the optical technol-
ogy that helps her see and navigate through un-
chartered territory. In the Stone Age she would
need good vision to find food, now she needs
good vision (and a smartphone) to find her way
in unfamiliar cities. Meanwhile, her children and
their children will need intelligent cameras to
guide them as they discover planets in nearby
star systems.
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