Researchers may have found a way to keep solar-powered eye implants running without having to worry about charging them.
Researchers have made an incredible breakthrough in the bid to create solar-powered eye implants that could help people with incurable eye diseases. The next-generation tech revolves around powering sensors and cameras in the eye using solar photovoltaic panels. It's a truly science-fiction solution, but one that could immensely improve the lives of people with vision-related diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration .
The nice thing about solar photovoltaic panels is that they generate electricity directly from the light that they take in. But you need more than just one solar cell to generate enough voltage to stimulate the neurons responsible for turning the light your eye registers into images that your brain can understand.
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