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Old 05-25-2008, 01:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Hain, the magnification required to do that with glass optics only would be ruinously expensive, and the maintenance would be near impossible. At least, I think so. Either way, I cannot fathom how it actually works when you get it down to the "nuts and bolts."
If it were fiber optic as suggested in the BBC article, then it is possible. It could be astronomically expensive cables, but possible and keep me impressed.
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