Automatic flight controls are now considered a standard feature in general and commercial aviation. A pilot might depend on an autopilot system for a variety of tasks, such as guiding an aircraft on a ...

Dual-zone climate control is a system that allows the vehicle’s front-seat passengers to set their own preferred temperature for their “zone,” or their area of the front cabin. It’s a smarter, more ...

Parking your car is one of the most elemental of driving tasks, but for some drivers, it’s also one of the most difficult. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out where the car ends and obstacles begin, and ...

The automated process control system for unit 1 has been delivered to the construction site of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey. The system monitors and controls all key reactor parameters, as ...

The design of an advanced energy-saving, inverterized motion control system requires designers to deploy various skill sets in order to be able to address the wide range of technical challenges needed ...

The complex and demanding railway transportation sector requires computer hardware and software that is secure, durable and offers high performance. Many of the currently evolving technologies in the ...

Timothy Takahashi received funding from Dragonfly LLC to model aircraft takeoff performance. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and member of ...

Emerging evidence from the recent crash in Ethiopia suggests that malfunctioning automatic control systems overwhelmed the crew and doomed the flight. Based on my analysis, it appears that the ...