Langford had been part of MIT's 1979 Chrysalis project that resulted in a biplane design that enjoyed a modicum of success -- a project MacCready had also played a small part in.
University College London's part in the project has been to design and build an optical corrector for the camera - an array of five massive lenses that sit at the primary focus of the camera.
It forms part of a wider Philips Design's Microbial Home project which imagines an "integrated cyclical ecosystem" in the home where traditional waste is recycled to address sustainability issues.