The cars have no human driver and no remote control system - everything from sensors to navigation is handled by an onboard computer.
By today's standards the Apollo 11 onboard computer was pretty crude, but it was ahead of its time and was crucial for America's successful Moon landings.
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For many, the Volt will be an electric car most of the time, though the onboard computer does tell the gas engine to drive the wheels now and then.
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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Between entering the top of the atmosphere and touching down, the lander had seven minutes to reach Gale Crater, find clear ground, and deposit the one-ton rover, with only an onboard computer to guide it.
At first, the Strand-1 satellite will be controlled by a standard onboard computer, but in phase two of the mission, a Google Nexus phone will take the reins - equipped with a number of special apps.
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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.
Since 1996, the U.S. has required each vehicle to have an onboard diagnostic computer to monitor everything from engine to transmission sensors to look for emissions-related problems.
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Over the years, both Honeywell and Airbus separately developed onboard, computer-assisted systems to try to ensure that pilots taxi planes only on assigned routes and use correct runways for takeoffs and landings.
The wireless scanner will use Bluetooth technology and will be linked to a computer onboard an ambulance.
Hanks points to a box and proudly says the computer onboard the space capsule contains a megabyte...a whole megabyte!
For onboard storage, it uses cheap computer diskettes, which can be easily slipped into any PC for data transfer.
The plane's racy design, smooth fiberglass-composite body, BMW-like interior, dazzling computer instrumentation and an onboard parachute ready to float both the plane and passengers to a life-saving landing, if necessary, formed a clean break from the past.
There's also WiFi onboard for loading designs directly from your computer, though the demo we were treated to was performed using a USB stick, thanks to the crowded airwaves in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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