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Sci-tech Academy Award
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- Vikas Sathaye, an embedded systems engineer from India has been honoured with the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Technical Awards 2018 held at California.
- The Scientific and Engineering Award is given for scientific achievements that produce a definite influence on the advancement of the motion picture industry.
- Sathaye and his team received the award for his contribution towards conceptualisation, designing, engineering, and the implementation of the ‘Shotover K1 Camera System’.
- The Shotover K1 Camera System is a camera mount that is used in aerial filming.
- The camera mount gets attached to the base of a helicopter, which carries the camera and lens.
- The primary function of the camera mount is to eliminate any vibration from reaching the camera, thus ensuring a steady footage.
- The team that developed the camera system consists of four members- Sathaye, John Coyle, Brad Hurndell and Shane Buckham.
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