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The Future of Sight

University of Minnesota Researchers Develop Bionic Eye Prototype

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by Hanna Watkin
Published Aug 30, 2018

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have 3D printed an image sensing array on a hemisphere: in essence, a bionic eye. It is the first-of-its-kind and, hopefully, will be used to help blind people see. 

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