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Category fun

So, I think this might be my first chance to post something that goes on both category “Aviation” and “Linux” :)

A battery-propelled self-starting sailplane (glider) with embedded linux controlling the lithium-ion battery pack and engine system

“The advantages” (of Linux) “are obvious — we can modify or adapt anything we want. And we are starting to know the system well.”

Pretty cool! Wish I had one of those.. Some day when I have a lot of free time (hah) I want to design graphics and usability stuff for airplane cockpit displays. On Linux.

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3 Responses to “Category fun”

  1. Josh Triplett Says:
    October 15th, 2005 at 00:40

    If you think that’s cook, check out the Portland State Aerospace Society; we build rockets with sophisticated onboard avionics systems and sensor packages, and they run Debian GNU/Linux.

  2. Tuomas Kuosmanen Says:
    October 15th, 2005 at 01:55

    Indeed. I am speechless. That stuff is way cool.

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