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Published online 6 August 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1004
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Curved electronic eye created
Flexible circuits should lead to diverse imaging applications.
An eye-shaped camera made from a flexible mesh of silicon light-detectors marks a significant step towards creating a 'bionic' eye, its inventors say.
Conventional cameras use a curved lens to focus an image onto a flat surface where the light is captured either by film or by digital sensors.
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As someone diagnosed with Macular Degeneration recently this is the type of research that gives me hope that there may be a replacement for my defective eyes. Get the optic nerve connective issue resolved and I'll be your first test subject. Keep up the great work. There are quite a few eye diseases with no cure and regenerative medicine (stem cells) doesn't appear to be to getting the required funding and support it needs (Thanks W)to advance as quickly as it could. J. Adams