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Everything
around you is dark. You can’t see anything. You’re
blind.
Then, imagine a device that’s no larger than a strand
of hair that could help someone who had no sight, see.
With the use of a micro-engine, an artificial eye could
focus and relay images to the brain.
“That’s what the eye does,” said Edward
Kolesar, the W.A. Moncrief Professor of engineering at
TCU. “What you see is an image formed by the brain.”
Kolesar said he is working on producing a tiny mechanical
device that would serve as the set of small muscles that
would adjust and focus a synthetic polymer lens. The lens
was created by Ron Schachar, an ophthalmology surgeon.
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Ty
Halasz/Staff Photographer
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Professor
of engineering Edward Kolesar tinkers with tiny electrothermal
motors that act as muscles to focus a synthetic lens
for the human eye.
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Hold
still
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Lauren
Hanvey/Staff Photographer
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| Katie
Schoppe, a freshman fashion merchandising major,
practices drawing still-lives in the Moudy atrium
Thursday during her drawing class. Thursday was
the first day of the semester for the class to
be held outside. |
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Clubs
to be put on display
Several
members of the M.J. Neeley School of Business say they
hope this year’s Neeley Week, which begins Sunday,
will continue the success of last spring’s inaugural
event. |
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Guest
engages council
Maddie
Dietrich, a graduate student, made her public debut as
a transgendered individual in front of an audience of
about 30 people at the first monthly Chancellor’s
Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness Task Force Thursday. |
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Professor
in hot seat
Maddie
Dietrich, a graduate student, made her public debut as
a transgendered individual in front of an audience of
about 30 people at the first monthly Chancellor’s
Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness Task Force Thursday. |
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