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I found details about a talk[0][1] given by the hardware team, their names are on the blurry side of the picture in the top link - Authors: GUATIERI, Francesco (Università degli Studi di Trento); MUENSTER, Markus (Student); BERGHOLD, Michael (NEPOMUC / FRM2)

The name OPHANIM seems to be the combination of "Optical Photons and Antimatter Imager" as written in the silkscreen below the exposed ground.

And a crude take at the further inscription - Ex Saxis Homo Fecit Oculos Per Artem Ingeniumque Nunc Monstrum Usum Est ad Universum Resiscendum

"Man made eyes from stones through art and ingenuity. Now the monster has been used to re-emerge from the universe."

I haven't found a recording of the authors giving that talk or any significantly different materials, but the references to 'Ophanim' seem to be associated with Ezekiel's apocalyptic writings, and angels with many eyes, so that seems to fit.

[0] https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/484/contributions/5093/ [1] https://indico.mlz-garching.de/event/484/contributions/5093/...




At last a biblically accurate camera ;-)


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My Latin isn't great, but "ad universum" would be "to the universe" not "from the universe"; which would be "ab universum" (in the context of the rest of the sentence, "ad universum" is a bit odd; I would think "in universum" -- "into the universe" -- would be better.)


Assuming resiscendum is a typo for resciscendum, a better translation of the second half is probably something like: "Now this wonder is useful to learn about everything."




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