Denmark Vesey: CL 600 - Joystick. No Steering Wheel

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

CL 600 - Joystick. No Steering Wheel

The F 200 Imagination embodies the thoroughgoing networking of electronic systems. One result is its advanced driving dynamics control. The electronics recognize the driver's commands as requests for a certain driving state – accelerate, brake, steer, reverse – and decide in a flash how to comply with the commands in the best and safest manner. This is situational in nature because the computer utilizes the information of various sensors which tell it the road speed, wheel revolutions, engine revolutions, road condition and body motions. Based on this data, the computer decides, for example, how sharply the wheels should be angled during cornering or what engine speed is appropriate for driving on a wet road.

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5 comments:

J.C. said...: Its a piece of junk.; Jan 16, 2008, 10:51:00 PM
Denmark Vesey said...: Yes, yes of course.

And Technocracy is a "movement".; Jan 16, 2008, 10:54:00 PM
J.C. said...: Just like Christianity. Except smarter.; Jan 19, 2008, 11:13:00 AM
Denmark Vesey said...: Well, they are both religions. You are right about that.

One with 2 billion adherents and the Holy Trinity. The other with 5 adherents and a website.; Jan 22, 2008, 2:28:00 PM
J.C. said...: Goes to show you that you can fool most all the people most of the time.

Dumbed down information works for the brainwashed.; Jan 22, 2008, 3:40:00 PM

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