“Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology created a squishy lens made from hydrogel that doesn’t require an external power source to operate. This robotic lens has extremely good vision, able to even see minute details like hair on the leg of an ant. The type of lens this eye uses is brand new, and the researchers refer to it as photoresponsive hydrogel soft lens (PHySL).
Their findings were published in the Science Robotics journal in October 2025 under the title “Bioinspired photoresponsive soft robotic lens.” The researchers believe the PHySL is a promising invention for the future. It has utilization possibilities for soft robots that see, adaptive medical tools, and smart wearable devices. Since a study has determined that human eyes aren’t as good as we hope because our brain does a lot of the heavy lifting, the applications for this lens could fill in the gaps where human eyesight is unreliable.”
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Question; Let’s assume these robot eyes were to be successfully implemented in a human, would the human brain be able to process it?
Or would it be like using a SCART input on an 8K OLED display?
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“Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology created a squishy lens made from hydrogel that doesn’t require an external power source to operate. This robotic lens has extremely good vision, able to even see minute details like hair on the leg of an ant. The type of lens this eye uses is brand new, and the researchers refer to it as photoresponsive hydrogel soft lens (PHySL).
Their findings were published in the Science Robotics journal in October 2025 under the title “Bioinspired photoresponsive soft robotic lens.” The researchers believe the PHySL is a promising invention for the future. It has utilization possibilities for soft robots that see, adaptive medical tools, and smart wearable devices. Since a study has determined that human eyes aren’t as good as we hope because our brain does a lot of the heavy lifting, the applications for this lens could fill in the gaps where human eyesight is unreliable.”
Question; Let’s assume these robot eyes were to be successfully implemented in a human, would the human brain be able to process it?
Or would it be like using a SCART input on an 8K OLED display?