And many engineers say the development of a solar-powered airliner is very unlikely because they don't believe it's possible to build an onboard system that can produce the massive amounts of energy required.
S-class is an example, with an onboard navigation system to map your route, radar to watch the road ahead and automatic cruise control.
The head of space agency Roscosmos said that an investigation into the short-lived spacecraft had discovered that radiation caused a glitch in the onboard computer system, state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
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That range per charge is comparable to the Nissan Leaf and other electric cars now being sold but Ford has installed a 6.6-kilowatt onboard charging system that lets the Focus fully charge in three hours when connected to a 240-volt charging station.
This loophole let them start it up with some custom-built software rather than its onboard Android operating system.
The system features onboard 3D navigation with city models that show realistic and beautifully rendered 3D representations of buildings for better orientation.
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Honeywell executives, who haven't previously discussed the project publicly, say the system uses onboard computers and navigation devices to automatically control aircraft movements on the ground.
Unlike other aircraft where the pilot's controls are manually attached to the flaps and rudders, Airbus 330 airliners are equipped with a "fly by wire" system that sends electronic signals from an onboard computer to move key control surfaces.
Each onboard ADS-B set consists of a Global Positioning System satellite navigation unit, two Pentium microprocessors, some software and a radio transmitter-receiver--not much more gear than you would find behind the dash of a new Cadillac.
The cars have no human driver and no remote control system - everything from sensors to navigation is handled by an onboard computer.
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