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by pwnna 3938 days ago
This is really cool! Although the title could be better, initially I thought this is talking about mirrors that can be programmed to adjust its properties (like tilt, curvature), much like those fancy telescope mirrors, although I'm unable to find a link now.
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There's been research [1] into making programmable thin-film membrane mirrors [2] using the piezoelectric effect.

[1] http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/2004/04126... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_mirror

kind of this one http://preorderlucy.com/