Smartflex has designed a new SLR 4x5 camera from the ground up, and it has been successfully backed on Kickstarter ...

New optical technologies have revolutionized astronomy, from the invention of the telescope 400 years ago to more recent developments of adaptive optics and segmented mirrors. The next disruptive ...

These telescopes utilize segmented mirrors, which consist of multiple smaller mirrors working together to form a larger effective aperture. One of the critical challenges in operating these ...

PULSAR aims to develop and demonstrate the technology that will allow on-orbit precise assembly of a segmented mirror using an autonomous robotic system. Within PULSAR, DLR, together with CSEM ...