Science fiction fans have been peering into the Internet for this device, having been prepared by Frank Herbert's 1965 Dune series. Consider the oil lens:
Oil lens: hufhuf oil held in static tension by an enclosing force field within a viewing tube as part of a magnifying or other light-manipulation system.
(Read more about Herbert's oil lens)
If the Kwisatz Haderach uses them, they've got to be good.
Just for a bonus, here are your Dune binoculars from the 2021 film version of Dune:
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Tiny Flying Robot Weighs Just One Gram
'Aerostat meant anything that hung in the air. This was an easy trick to pull off nowadays.' - Neal Stephenson, 1995.
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Humanoid Robots Building Humanoid Robots
''Pardon me, Struthers,' he broke in suddenly... 'haven't you a section of the factory where only robot labor is employed?''