Re: MICROMIRRORS CORRECT OPTICAL ERRORS

From: Marc Reinig (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 01:53:03 GMT

"West Coast Engineering" <westcoastengineering@westcoastengineering.com>
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> "Joe Rongen" <joe@alpha.to> wrote:
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> >MICROMIRRORS CORRECT OPTICAL ERRORS, July 31
> >Before undergoing laser eye surgery, patients are given a glimpse
> >of their future vision through an array of movable miniature mirrors.
> >The technique originated in astronomy, where secondary mirrors
> >in terres-trial telescopes correct distortions caused by the Earth's
> >atmosphere. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news603.html
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> Total BULL***.

Uh, not really. It's already being done. My optometrist has one from
another company. There are instruments at Lick Observatory and elsewhere
that use adaptive optics to come close to Hubble quality images. These are
just the first wave that are in place. Other, more sophisticated systems
are in development.

There was nothing in that story that was untrue. If anything, it
understates the current state of things.

Marc Reinig
UCO/Lick
Laboratory for Adaptive Optics

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