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Real time operating systems are expensive to develop for and require laborious system validation. That's why we decided to use a custom version of Android Jelly

Real time operating systems are expensive to develop for and require laborious system validation. That's why we decided to use a custom version of Android Jelly Bean running on the latest MediaTek quad core processors featuring Arm Mali gpus. Sensor communications are handled wirelessly with BlueTooth. Be sure to turn off all electronic devices before the flight. :)

onetimeuse92304 3y ago
All development was offshored to a lowest bidder. Thanks to this, all our critical flight control software is now developed by a single intern aided by Copilot (sic!) We are now looking for a way to optimize the intern away.
- Hypocritelefty 3y ago
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- SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
  It would be nice, if someone could train stray cats. I have very smart in my neighborhood. And can be hired for cheap, basically a slice of sausage.
- doodlebugging 3y ago
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- delfinom 3y ago
  Yea I laugh at everyone try to shove AI into hardware and software design of physical products as if there's a market of engineers out there and not just hobbyists keeping things alive in the states. We've long since offshored the development of any physical products that isn't considered ITAR/defense world.
  - onetimeuse92304 3y ago
    I think there is a great opportunity to use AI in design and development, as long as it is used correctly. Which is as tools to help engineers. At my previous workplace I wrote a documentation bot which helps people find documentation based on vague descriptions of what they are looking for (like when you know you saw something but you don't know where exactly or what the keyword is). Or by specifying what you want to accomplish. Mind, the bot would not create answers to questions, it would just ingest existing documentation and point people to things that are relevant to their searches.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    That would imply that my entire career didn't exist! Hmmm, wonder what I've been hallucinating about for the last 30 years.
- pylua 3y ago
  I can’t wait until they replace pilots with remote workers in a low cost of living area.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    90% of what a pilot does is sit there, so you can just have one pilot per ten planes, and have them remotely connect to the one that needs attention!
    - ipython 3y ago
      It’s one of those situations where the latency, packet loss and jitter really does kill you!
- shnkr 3y ago
  AI should be in life critical software.
beembeem 3y ago
Giving me a heart attack reading this
DanielHB 3y ago
You joke, but relying on bluetooth could be reasonable as a redundant system, wires can break too. Probably more as a failure detection mechanism though.

onetimeuse92304 3y ago

All development was offshored to a lowest bidder. Thanks to this, all our critical flight control software is now developed by a single intern aided by Copilot (sic!) We are now looking for a way to optimize the intern away.

Hypocritelefty 3y ago
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SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
It would be nice, if someone could train stray cats. I have very smart in my neighborhood. And can be hired for cheap, basically a slice of sausage.
doodlebugging 3y ago
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delfinom 3y ago
Yea I laugh at everyone try to shove AI into hardware and software design of physical products as if there's a market of engineers out there and not just hobbyists keeping things alive in the states. We've long since offshored the development of any physical products that isn't considered ITAR/defense world.
- onetimeuse92304 3y ago
  I think there is a great opportunity to use AI in design and development, as long as it is used correctly. Which is as tools to help engineers. At my previous workplace I wrote a documentation bot which helps people find documentation based on vague descriptions of what they are looking for (like when you know you saw something but you don't know where exactly or what the keyword is). Or by specifying what you want to accomplish. Mind, the bot would not create answers to questions, it would just ingest existing documentation and point people to things that are relevant to their searches.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  That would imply that my entire career didn't exist! Hmmm, wonder what I've been hallucinating about for the last 30 years.
pylua 3y ago
I can’t wait until they replace pilots with remote workers in a low cost of living area.
- bombcar 3y ago
  90% of what a pilot does is sit there, so you can just have one pilot per ten planes, and have them remotely connect to the one that needs attention!
  - ipython 3y ago
    It’s one of those situations where the latency, packet loss and jitter really does kill you!
shnkr 3y ago
AI should be in life critical software.

beembeem 3y ago

Giving me a heart attack reading this

DanielHB 3y ago

You joke, but relying on bluetooth could be reasonable as a redundant system, wires can break too. Probably more as a failure detection mechanism though.