Word: wanders
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Last week graduate students in the electrical engineering department at Britain's Birmingham University were putting finishing touches on a "detwinkler" to make the stars hold still. The detwinkler uses photoelectric cells to keep watch on the star image. When the image starts to wander, they signal a pair of electric motors which move the photographic plate back in line. As far as the plate is concerned, that star doesn't twinkle any more...