Retinal Prosthesis Woven From Tellurium Nanowires Partially Restores Vision in Blind Mice

A glimmer of light: bionic eyes bring hope and doubts

We are taking a look back at stories from Cosmos Magazine in print. In March 2024, Manuela Callari reported on the burgeoning excitement around bionic eye technology and the doubts that linger about its ability to truly restore sight. When Colleen Knowles heard that researchers at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, in Melbourne, were looking for volunteers to trial a bionic eye prototype, she signed up without hesitation. “I have always l…

Retinal prosthesis woven from tellurium nanowires partially restores vision in blind mice

A team from Fudan University, the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Shaoxin Laboratory, all in China, has developed a retinal prosthesis woven from metal nanowires that partially restored vision in blind mice.

Nanowire Retinal Implant Restores Vision and Sees Infrared

Researchers have developed a retinal prosthesis made of tellurium nanowires that restores partial vision in blind mice and enables near-infrared vision in primates. The implant, woven into a lattice of light-sensitive nanowires, converts both visible and near-infrared light into electrical signals for the brain.