Kingston University London started a project called EPSRC- funded Internet of Silicon Retinas (IOSIRE) with Kings college, London. Their main aim was to develop a machine-to-machine communication system which was motivated by the human eye. Human retina is extremely powerful. It scans the data at any speed. The conventional camera needs to learn a lot from the human retina.

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