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Self-Healing Computers For NASA Spacecraft

Posted by Soulskill on from the it-worked-for-the-borg dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in space. This is why a University of Arizona (UA) team is working with NASA to design self-healing computer systems for spacecraft. The UA engineers are working on hybrid hardware/software systems using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) to develop these reconfigurable processing systems. As the lead researcher said, 'Our objective is to go beyond predicting a fault to using a self-healing system to fix the predicted fault before it occurs.'"

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  1. The 9000 Series has a perfect operational record by 1u3hr · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Just a moment....Just a moment.
    I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 Unit.
    Its going to go 100 percent failure within 72 hours."

  2. Re:The 9000 Series has a perfect operational recor by limber · · Score: 5, Funny

    Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.

  3. Re:The 9000 Series has a perfect operational recor by amasiancrasian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.

  4. The future of pr0n! by jmickle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well at least you cant get a robot pregnant......

    1. Re:The future of pr0n! by endlessoul · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, you still have to worry about... ELECTRO-GONORRHEA!

  5. Re:The 9000 Series has a perfect operational recor by Motor · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first thing I thought when reading the story was: "I know, I'll post a comment about the AE-35 unit."

    Then I read down, and yours was the top comment. It just reminds me that I don't belong in the company of normal people. The Slashdot social leper colony is my true home. I know my place!

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  6. The first use of this technology... by mimada · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...is being implemented by Jackson Roykirk in the Nomad project. What could possibly go wrong?

  7. hmm by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    For the sake of all humanity in the impending robot wars, lets stop this right now.

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  8. Re:The 9000 Series has a perfect operational recor by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stop Dave... what are you doing Dave.....?

    When I was built, my programmer taught me a song. If you'd like I could sing it for you. It's called "Backstreet's Back"

    Everybody... yeah yeah... Roooooock yyyyyyooourrrr bodyyyyyyyyyy.... yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeaaahhh

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