Although many people thought that the plan to invent a human voice transmitter was a waste time, alex refused to give up his dream. He continued his experiments with sound vibrations. He even copied the design of the human ear using iron rods and electrical wires to produce the same effect.
Alex was spending so much time and energy on his inventions he did less work with his students and soon ran out of money. He was about to give up when he met professor john henry, an expert on the telegraph and eletricity.