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Curved electronic eye created

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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.

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Katrina Charles is a BA Media Fellow.

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