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The Technology Behind Formula One

Posted by michael on from the push-pedal-make-car-go dept.

axlrosen writes "An article in the NY Times about the technology behind Formula One. The wealthiest teams arm themselves with powerful advantages, almost entirely centering on computing controls in the cars and computer simulation in design. Car data is sent in multi-megabyte wireless bursts each time the team's cars flash past the pits, often in excess of 200 miles an hour. It is simultaneously sent over the Internet to a larger data center in Maranello, Italy, where more complex analysis is done. AMD is expected to supply a supercomputer roughly as fast as the world's 10th most powerful machine to the Swiss-based Sauber Petronas racing team... I love the crazy steering wheel - anyone know what all those buttons and knobs do?"

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  1. I know , I know! by L.+VeGas · · Score: 1, Troll

    anyone know what all those buttons and knobs do?

    Well, the one with little scissors on it means "cut". The one with two pages means "copy". The little clipboard and piece of paper means "paste".

    Oh and that great big knob? That's the radio.

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  2. What does Formula One mean? by L.+VeGas · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've always wondered this. Is it like Formula 409? Or Heinz 57? Does it just sound cool like MacOSX.

    "What formula do you use to win?"

    "The simplest formula of all. FORMULA ONE!"

    Seriously, anyone know?

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  3. Timing by AviLazar · · Score: 1, Troll

    While the driver has a lot of cool buttons and features, at 200 MPH, does he really have the time to worry about the things? I mean lets face it, a slight (and i mean SLIGHT) jerk of the stearing wheel at 200 MPH generally means flying to one's death....

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  4. Re:The New Direction In Sports by a7244270 · · Score: 0, Troll
    How sad, what else Insightful as Flamebait Offtopic as funny Trolls as Informative?

    I don't know about you, but my time is a limited resource. I come here to stay current on the latest tech news, and to learn from the smart people who respond to the articles.

    Most of the anonymous coward posts are flamebait, trolls, or other crap, and most of the jokes are just plain stupid. Seriously, does anyone still think that first posts, beowulf clusters and jabs at soviet russia are funny ? Are you really interested in joining GNAA, or the kill a puppy foundation ?

    Theres an inverse relation between signal to noise ratio and the quality of the readers, and consequently the quality of the comments, and the last few years here have been the proof of this.

    Now, it is definitely true that speech should not be curtailed, voices need to be heard, medium for free speech, blah blah blah, but that's what usenet is for - not a site which is trying to attract advertising revenue.

    The only thing slashdot has going for it are the comments from the smart readers. I'd hate to see even more of them get driven away by the cowards.