Now that the technology is so inexpensive, we need to have them in cars!
Well, ok. First you make it a crime for any authority to look at it for any reason that is not blameless safety investigations.
The inventor of the black box was told to drop the idea
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't buy a Tesla then. They have cameras pointing at you and recording while driving.
That’s opt-in, at least in the US, and for the moment.
(Just curious) what features become unavailable when you opt out? Or in other words, why would anyone opt in?
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#83Tangental, but I wasn't aware of a ban on hobby radio activity during WW2 until I read this article. What would be the reasoning for that?
Probably a mix of: reserving supply of electronic components to military use; eliminating a possible cover story for spies; emission control to deny enemy navigation cues; limiting vectors for accidental information disclosure; creating an atmosphere of ‘We’re all engaged in this all out struggle together’; wartime bureaucratic expansion and overreach; and just generally more important things going on.
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#84I've watched all the episodes of Aviation Disasters. The device missing from cockpits is the video recorder. Many investigations revolve around questions like what is the pilot looking at, what the instruments show, even who the heck is in the pilot's seat. Video can confirm switch settings and instrument readouts (the voice recorder is also used to confirm if the warning horns sounded properly). Instead, a lot of ef…
> Jeez, anyone could buy a security camera that recorded on a loop for a few hundred. It probably isn't that easy, at least for the runways. Remember that Uber crash where they tried to convince everyone that the cyclist was near impossible to see? The dash cam used to record that video was standard, but also completely unable to handle even a well lit road at night. Good cameras and the weather proofing they need ou…
> the weather proofing they need out in the open
He suggest to put one in the tower. There's no need to weather proof anything, or else poor controllers ;). In theory the tower see the runways well enough, or else the airport isn't well designed and the tower doesn't fill its own purpose.
> The dash cam used to record that video was standard, but also completely unable to handle even a well lit road at night.
Weren't we still able to see the cyclist? Weren't we able to boost the contrast to see her even better?
Sorry for the sarcasm, but even the worst camera show more than no camera at all... You can't argue that seeing a cyclist badly is worse than not seeing that same cyclist at all.
All it takes is a 100$ camera and you would get so much more evidence.
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#85There’s an interesting aside in that neither a CVR nor a FDR would have been helpful in figuring out the cause of the Comet disasters. The way they did was brilliant.
Re: The inventor of the black box was told to drop the idea
#86I've watched all the episodes of Aviation Disasters. The device missing from cockpits is the video recorder. Many investigations revolve around questions like what is the pilot looking at, what the instruments show, even who the heck is in the pilot's seat. Video can confirm switch settings and instrument readouts (the voice recorder is also used to confirm if the warning horns sounded properly). Instead, a lot of ef…
If I was a pilot I'd hate to be constantly surveilled by a camera, even if the footage is "never reviewed". In fact, it's got nothing to do with being a pilot.
I can see the privacy issue, but your voice is already recorded. A camera wouldn't infringe that much more on your privacy...
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#87I've watched all the episodes of Aviation Disasters. The device missing from cockpits is the video recorder. Many investigations revolve around questions like what is the pilot looking at, what the instruments show, even who the heck is in the pilot's seat. Video can confirm switch settings and instrument readouts (the voice recorder is also used to confirm if the warning horns sounded properly). Instead, a lot of ef…
If I was a pilot I'd hate to be constantly surveilled by a camera, even if the footage is "never reviewed". In fact, it's got nothing to do with being a pilot.
Haha. Even public transport has had cameras for years.
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#88The last sentences about uploading data to the cloud had not struck me before. It is such an obvious development, if not to replace so to complement. But perhaps there are challenges around it that are not obvious?
It is such an obvious development, if not to replace so to complement. But perhaps there are challenges around it that are not obvious? You might be surprised how scant and expensive bandwidth becomes once you are out of sight of land
Still, there are so many flights now that offer onboard Wifi, it’s seems silly not to back up flight recorder data to the cloud wherever possible.
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#89I've watched all the episodes of Aviation Disasters. The device missing from cockpits is the video recorder. Many investigations revolve around questions like what is the pilot looking at, what the instruments show, even who the heck is in the pilot's seat. Video can confirm switch settings and instrument readouts (the voice recorder is also used to confirm if the warning horns sounded properly). Instead, a lot of ef…
It would be less useful than you’d think. Pilots are trained to articulate what they are doing and generally follow very well-practiced procedures. Another pilot can quite accurately reproduce what a pilot is doing just from the transcript, and the warning horns and other indicators are quite expressive of other things. The audio is good enough to hear breakers opening. Anything a video camera could see out the window that would be relevant will be remarked upon by pilots.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, the Ford's innovation is division of labor while producing a complex thing, a car. Instead of a team working on various operations, Ford's system introduced workers who each did a very simple operation, without having to change or readjust. The need for coordination between workers was largely removed, replaced by the conveyor, seriously improving production speed.
No, that was pioneered by Ransom E. Olds. That doesn't stop Ford from repeating this at every opportunity but it isn't really true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransom_E._Olds
Which car company was using division of labor before Ford?