Wireless Rechargeable Retinal Implants Could Help Restore Sight [VIDEO]

Researchers at Stanford University are designing a new device that could help people with degenerative eye diseases restore their vision — by implanting a photovoltaic silicon chip beneath their retinas.

With degenerative eye diseases, the retina’s light-sensing cells die off, though the rest of the eye remains healthy.

Photovoltaic devices (and the retina) work by

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