Watson is the latest collaboration between IBM and Rensselaer, the oldest technological university in the U.S. The company and the university have worked together for decades to advance the frontiers of high-performance computing, nanoelectronics, advanced materials, artificial intelligence, and other areas.
Other research projects in the field of artificial retinas are currently focusing on carbon-based materials like nanocrystalline diamond and graphene, but those are intended for replacing silicon electrodes, like the Argus 2.