Optics: Steadying Images by Bending Light

In Viet Nam, an Army photographer shoots sharp reconnaissance pictures despite the vibration of his small observation plane. From a shaky and make shift platform in Washington, a TV camera crew gives viewers a clear close-up portrait of Richard Nixon making his inaugural address. In North Miami, a policeman with a television camera takes shots showing distinct facial features of individuals creating a civil disturbance hundreds of feet below his quivering helicopter. In these and dozens of other applications, a remarkable new optical system is providing clear and steady images under circumstances that ordinarily cause blurred photo graphs...

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