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...MIVIP is still a cumbersome and limited device. It hasn't given Marie her normal vision back. At best, it can help restore mobility by helping people avoid obstacles, recognize landmarks in unfamiliar environments and detect very simple shapes. "This is not true vision," Veraart stresses. "And it's definitely not a cure for blindness. It's something to help people better cope with their impairment. It's like a wheelchair: it doesn't help people walk again, but it does help them get around. As a technological solution, that's not bad at all." Marie agrees. She has undergone...
...addition to scoring at an impressive clip, averaging 16.3 points per game, Cserny has also become more comfortable on the court as she adjusted to her new team and a somewhat unfamiliar language...
...least [since October] is I still have no idea what I want to do. Maybe even less of an idea,” he says. He questions his desire to work a desk job, though he mangles the expression in a slightly comical way which suggests he might be unfamiliar with such non-conformist slogans: “I don’t even know if I want to sit in a desk for the next two years.” In a desk, at a desk, whatever—his sentiment is clear, and a little strange coming from...
...history department is responsible for staffing two areas of the core, and history courses are required of many humanities and social sciences concentrators. Although visiting professors may be able to prevent the number of course offerings from slipping significantly, students will hesitate to enroll in classes where they are unfamiliar with the professor and cannot rely on the CUE guide or word-of-mouth recommendations. In addition, students will miss out on opportunities to take classes from some of Harvard’s most renowned scholars, including College Professor William E. Gienapp, who teaches a popular course on baseball...
Visiting professors pose still another problem, Blackbourn said. The department has hired leading scholars, but because students may be unfamiliar with these professors, courses are more likely to be undersubscribed...