Automagic No-Fly-Zone Enforcement

Posted by michael on Saturday January 3, 2004 @10:33AM from the also-works-to-keep-dogs-out-of-your-yard dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SoftWalls is the name of an aviation project at UC-Berkeley that's developing a system for commercial airliners that establishes and enforces no-fly zones. Basically, through GPS, if a plane begins to enter a no-fly zone (eg, around a mountain, or over Lower Manhattan), an alarm goes off in the cockpit. If ignored, the system actively removes control of the plane away from the pilot and co-pilot to steer the plane out of the no-fly zone. The technology is intended as both an accident prevention technique and a deterrent to terrorists planning to ram a building. ABCNews recently profiled the project (with video) and also rode along with a working prototype built by Honeywell that successfully kept a Beechcraft from hitting a mountain."

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I'd like this for cars... by DohDamit · 2004-01-03 10:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Last summer, a dim 22 year old let their dim 14 year old sister slam their brand new volkswagen into the side of my house, demolishing the car, a closet, and a bathroom. I'm sooo damn glad I wasn't taking a crap at the time. That, and I'm glad the dimwit didn't slam into the bedroom 10 feet south of the point of impact where my children were sleeping.
Hola by FiendBeast · 2004-01-03 12:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Buenas Noches,

Soy estudiante Ingles (Frances e Historia a la universidad de Warwick) y quiero entender el punto de vista oficial de la republica Cuba sobre su existencia y su tratamiento por el mundo occidental, especialmente por los estados unidos. He aprehendido el Espanol por algunos anos pero no suficientes para entenderlo totalmente. Existe un sitio Internet para que los extranjeros que no hablan el espanol puedan estudiar para que exista el estado cubano actual?