A solar-powered retinal implant has been developed which is capable of sending visual signals to the brains of rats.
The study, conducted by physicists and ophthalmologists at Stanford University, used a pre-existing wireless photovoltaic retinal prosthesis (which roughly translates as 'solar-powered bionic eye') to stimulate the rats' retinal neurons and monitor how their brains reacted.
By: Philippa Warr, Edited by: Kadhim Shubber
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/20/bionic-eye
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