Recyclable, scalable, energy-efficient artificial vision system inspired by the human brain uses honey as an electrolyte

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-recyclable-artificial-vision-honey-electrolyte.html

"organic, biodegradable recyclable... sees/ 'remembers colors... sensing light, processing information, non-volatile memory storage function simultaneously in-memory, as do brain synapses... better than silicon-based CMOS sensors, which require significant computing/ energy resources... prototype on glass substrate using gold electrodes, electrolyte of organic photosensitive perylene layer,/honey layer... photodetector producing current spikes varying in response to different light wavelengths/ intensities... glass, gold recycled"

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