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In this concluding chapter we briefly review some new technologies, discuss the current trends in astronomical detectors and instrumentation, and summarize plans for some future new facilities. Despite all the advances since the invention of the CCD, many important questions about the Universe remain to be answered, and the experiments needed to study these questions will spur the development of new technology. Larger telescopes, better detectors, and more efficient instruments are a few of the driving factors.
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(2008). Future developments. In: Electronic Imaging in Astronomy. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76583-7_14
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