This is why most improvements in bizjets during the last 40 years have come from outside the industry--electronic engine controls, global-positioning satellites, moving-map displays, downloadable real-time weather, etc.

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LG's advanced picture quality is further enhanced by its 2013 Triple XD Engine which controls and processes images more precisely than ever before.

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The car's ultrasonic sensors check for obstacles, and software starts and stops the engine, controls the brakes and hazard-warning flashers, and folds the wing mirrors in and out.

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Especially difficult to find are folks who can do diesel-engine combustion analysis and electromechanical-controls engineering.

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Meanwhile, the rendering engine resides in a special space that controls what resources within the computer can be read or written to.

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All the critical systems in a modern car -- engine, transmission, brakes, stability controls -- are linked to a single electronic system called the Controller Area Network bus, or CAN bus.

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That fuel economy comes from sophisticated electronic fuel and spark controls, and computerized automatic transmissions teamed up with a very sophisticated engine that was designed using computer-automated design, machined using CNC milling, and assembled by robots.

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