photoreceptor

The key lies in the rod-shaped photoreceptors that principally govern peripheral vision and the cone-shaped receptors that give us our central view of the world.

Those photoreceptor cells pass information to the brain via bipolar cells and ganglion cells.

When they detect certain wavelengths of visible light, the photoreceptors trigger electrical signals.

These nanowires act as the artificial equivalent of photoreceptors.

Response and recovery times in human photoreceptors range from 40 to 150 milliseconds.