Insignia (novel)

Insignia is the first book in the Insignia trilogy by S.J. Kincaid. The Insignia trilogy describes a dystopian future in which World War Three is fought throughout the solar system.

Plot summary

Earth's natural resources are almost depleted, and the world is embroiled in World War III to control the remaining assets of the solar system. The Indo-American and Russo-Chinese alliances are fighting for supremacy through virtual reality (VR) battles in interstellar space.

Insignia is told through the eyes of Thomas (Tom) Raines, a 14-year-old boy whose skill with VR games has attracted the attention of General Terry Marsh, a leading general in the Intrasolar Forces. Marsh offers Tom a position at a secret military training base: the Pentagonal Spire.

At the Spire, trainees are retrofitted with neural processors, computer-like devices inserted into the brain. Tom trains under the supervision of Elliot Ramirez. Elliot is the public face of Camelot Company (CamCo), the secretive fighting force for the Indo-American alliance. With the help of his friend, Wyatt Enslow, Tom uses the capabilities of his neural processor to attempt to communicate with Medusa, the undefeated Russo-Chinese combatant. Tom thus discovers his ability to interface with the Russo-Chinese server and become a part of the system. Medusa invites him to battle in a VR simulation.

Eye

Eyes are the organs of vision. They detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons. In higher organisms, the eye is a complex optical system which collects light from the surrounding environment, regulates its intensity through a diaphragm, focuses it through an adjustable assembly of lenses to form an image, converts this image into a set of electrical signals, and transmits these signals to the brain through complex neural pathways that connect the eye via the optic nerve to the visual cortex and other areas of the brain. Eyes with resolving power have come in ten fundamentally different forms, and 96% of animal species possess a complex optical system. Image-resolving eyes are present in molluscs, chordates and arthropods.

The simplest "eyes", such as those in microorganisms, do nothing but detect whether the surroundings are light or dark, which is sufficient for the entrainment of circadian rhythms. From more complex eyes, retinal photosensitive ganglion cells send signals along the retinohypothalamic tract to the suprachiasmatic nuclei to effect circadian adjustment and to the pretectal area to control the pupillary light reflex.

Eyes (TV series)

Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short. With the help of high-tech gadgets, Harlan Judd and his employees recover money for victims as well as investigate individuals for clients but still manage to keep plenty of secrets from one another.

In May 2005, having rescheduled the sixth episode twice, ABC announced that they would not be airing the remaining episodes until June at the earliest. They later announced that it would not be picked up for a second season and that the remaining episodes would remain unaired.

New Zealand television station TV2 picked up this show and aired the complete series, all twelve episodes, in the second half of 2005. These episodes appeared online via BitTorrent soon after. The show was also partially aired on Singapore television station Mediacorp Channel 5, with the pilot episode and episodes #106 to #112 being skipped. Episode #111 ("Burglary") was an exception, and was aired as the fifth episode. The show was also aired in full on France cable television station Canal Jimmy in 2006. In the beginning of 2008 the show was aired in full on Polish television station TVN 7. The series was shown on the Nine Network in Australia in 2007.

Eyes (disambiguation)

Eyes are the organs of vision.

Eyes or The Eyes can also refer to:

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