The efforts of an expatriate Greek scientist from Australia to create the first bionic eye seem to be paying off. Efstratios (Stan) Skafidas, head of NICTA’s research center at the University of Melbourne, who cooperates directly with the Bionic Vision Australia» Institute will soon have his innovation finalized.
The invention of Efstratios Skafidas and his colleagues consists of a camera positioned on a pair of glasses, which captures images. These images are then converted into electrical signals which stimulate the neurons in the retina.
Stan Skafidas was born in 1971, and is of Amaliada and Kavala descent. His parents arrived in Melbourne around 1960. He successfully finished his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 1997. Today, he works as a Professor of Nanoelectrics and is a Director of the Centre for Neural Engineering. He is also head of the Research on Nanoelectrics at the University, in the field of electrical engineering that is dedicated to the creation of miniature components. These components are new generation transistors and chips focusing on wireless communications that continue to transform the way we communicate and live today.
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