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ARTIST'S RENDERING SHOWING HOW AN ARTIFICIAL RETINA WORKS.

DOE ESTABLISHED A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COALITION OF DOE LABORATORIES AND INDUSTRY TO DEVELOP AN ARTIFICIAL RETINA. THE IMPLANT SHOWN HAS PIECES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE EYE. THE GLASSES HAVE A TINY CAMERA EMBEDDED IN THE LENS, WHICH CAPTURES IMAGES AND SENDS THE DATA TO A MICROPROCESSOR (INSIDE THE SIDE OF THE GLASSES) WHICH CONVERTS THE DATA TO AN ELECTRONIC SIGNAL. AN ANTENNA IN THE LENS SENDS THE SIGNAL TO AN ANTENNA IN THE EYE. THE SIGNAL THEN TRAVELS ALONG A TINY WIRE TO THE RETINAL IMPLANT, CAUSING THE IMPLANT TO STIMULATE THE REMAINING RETINAL CELLS WHICH SEND THE IMAGES ALONG THE OPTIC NERVE TO THE BRAIN.


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Author U.S. Department of Energy from United States

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