Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember when this came out. Our driver at the time, Jacques Lafitte, has a Merc S-class with it on. He insisted on demonstrating it to me when we were at a test in northern France. It was most impressive and probably the biggest safety addition to car dynamics I had yet seen. OTOH Jacques was not using it as a safety feature, either on track, or when we went for dinner in Arras at 220kph... Nathan, it is entirely likely that all the functionality is now on a single chip, buried in an ECU containing interlinked vehicle stability controls... FD On 20 May, 2013, at 05:21, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Impressive. Probably would be even more impressive if the museum had the > corresponding modern part next to it. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On May 19, 2013, at 11:49 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > >> This shot shows the computer portion of the first ever anti-lock brake >> system, installed in a Mercedes model. (Computer History Museum) >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/P1010234.jpg.html >> >> Herbert Kanner >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information