Friday, 3 June 2011

the first computer-controlled motion control system

Quote of today
"Traveling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops, boy!"

Han Solo gives Luke a lesson in spacedriving
A New Hope
Today we celebrate...
John Dykstra at his 64th birthday (born 1947)

John Dykstra was born in California, USA and was a special photographic effects supervisor for A New Hope. For A New Hope he designed and built the first computer-controlled motion control system. This system was called the Dykstraflex.

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