The center includes an upgraded $50,000 laser-eye treatment system, a state-of-the-art technology to increase service to active-duty patients with high astigmatism.
The primary goals of the center are to foster large-scale cross-disciplinary research collaborations and to provide shared infrastructure for demographic research.
The negative shows that the acceleration is pointed towards the center of the circle (opposite the radius), hence it is called centripetal (i.e. center-seeking).