A team of researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne has developed a retinal implant that transposes images acquired by camera-equipped smart glasses into a simplified, black and white image made from 10,500 pixels.
Who is the implants for and what has been the issue with current retinal implants?
For many patients with retinitis pigmentosa – an inherited disease where progressive loss of retinal photoreceptors eventually leads to blindness – current retinal implants do not provide clear benefits. In fact, three years after surgery, most patients have stopped using them.