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Back in 2014 the Munich Technical University announced within the European flagship Graphene project the concept of an artificial retina based on graphene. In August 2018 researchers at Austin Texas university in collaboration with researchers at the Seoul university managed to develop a prototype of artificial retina based on a few …

Following on challenges to create a bionic eye, an issue is the material compatibility of the implant. So far implants are made of hard materials, they are rigid and may subject to wear and tear the surrounding tissues. Flexible electronics is clearly moving in the direction of allowing circuits into …