Bausch and Lomb!

So today we went on our little field trip to Bausch and Lomb which was kind of neat. We all got our own name tags then we went to this locker room and had to put on a lab coat thing, a hair net (even the guys haha), safety goggles, and ear plugs. I forget the man's name but he showed us around the mechanical part of the place where they actually made contacts. I thought it was really cool how it was all done by machines and it was interesting how you could see right through the glass and watch the machines move the contacts around. Then we went with this other guy (sorry I'm horrible with names) and he showed us this camera that he uses to fix the lighting on certain objects and he showed us this really cool light. It was kinda of bowl shaped and it had a hole in the bottom and you turned it up side down and put it over the object and it would take away the glare. How cool is that? Then we went into this other lab and this man and woman (again with the names...) showed us the things that they make to insert into the eye to fix certain problems. But its a mini lens and they shape it based on the person's eye shape. It was really neat. Then my favorite part was the optometrist, because that's a real interest of mine and I'm considering being and eye doctor. But anywho they showed us how the test people's eyes and they examine them on the computer using a color code. The computer shows the front of the eye, the back, the depth, and the topography of the eye. The cool colors (blue and purple) show depression. The warm colors (yellow, orange, red) show elevation. And the green just is in the middle I guess. But we got to take a look at some of our interns' eyes and it was pretty cool seeing the elevation near the cornea. I though that was very interesting. Then we went out to lunch at Amiels? Don't really remember if that was the name or not, I've never heard of it before or been there. It was okay I guess.

But the rest of the actual work day, I will be processing film. YAYYY ! And probably scanning the images onto my computer for analysis.

Ta ta for now !