Monday, November 16, 2009

how in the world does jordys visor in star trek work?

3 comments:

  1. I've been wondering that my whole life...

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  3. I think it works like a sonar. He doesn't actually see the way a sighted person does. Its more like shapes and sound waves.

    Jordy's visor on the show was actually a banana hair clip.

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