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The '''VISOR''' is a device that allows [[Geordi Laforge]] to see, in spite of him being blind from birth.  It scans through the [[EM spectrum]] at a much greater range of frequencies than those that the normal human eye can detect.  The device transmits the data through data ports implanted in the sides of his head.
The '''VISOR''' is a device that allows [[Geordi Laforge]] to see, in spite of him being blind from birth.  It scans through the [[EM spectrum]] at a much greater range of frequencies than those that the normal human eye can detect.  The device transmits the data through data ports implanted in the sides of his head.


In TNG "Encounter at Farpoint", Geordi says that using the device is painful, but the prescribed medical treatments would interfere with the device.  This aspect of the device's operation is never addressed again in the series.
In TNG "Encounter at Farpoint", Geordi said that using the device was painful, but the prescribed medical treatments would interfere with its function.  This aspect of the device's operation was never addressed again in the series.


[[Category: Star Trek]]
[[Category: Star Trek]]
[[Category: ST Technology]]
[[Category: ST Technology]]
[[Category: ST Other Technology]]
[[Category: ST Other Technology]]

Revision as of 18:04, 22 July 2008

The VISOR is a device that allows Geordi Laforge to see, in spite of him being blind from birth. It scans through the EM spectrum at a much greater range of frequencies than those that the normal human eye can detect. The device transmits the data through data ports implanted in the sides of his head.

In TNG "Encounter at Farpoint", Geordi said that using the device was painful, but the prescribed medical treatments would interfere with its function. This aspect of the device's operation was never addressed again in the series.