18 July 2017 - glowing eyes

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What is it with glowing eyes in movies? A reflection at night is one thing, but an active glow will hinder the business of seeing. Hmm... unless the monster/alien/robot has lidar eyes, sending out fast flashes that appear as a steady glow, and watching for reflections in the darkness between flashes. It indicates the thing’s advanced evolutionary or tech level. Hah, I knew it all along! Hollywood gets the science right!

clue:

Maybe some kind of weird interferometer or holographic eyes, where the glow is a reference beam? High tech no matter what.

take oh take this clue away

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