Trboatworks
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2010
- Location
- Maryland- USA
It seems just yesterday I was watching various remote control helicopters being slaved to GPS for simple homing functions.
Now we have a rapidly advancing sector of practical drones of various stripes and fully functional stabilization/collision avoidance from proximity sensors.
The rate of growth is remarkable.
I am always late to the party but it appears to my mind that we have seen a relatively profound paradigm shift in what has constituted advanced engineering of products.
Gone is the nineteenth century thinking of mechanical complexity to accomplish tasks.
In its stead we are finding process and sensing being the dominant factor in advancing utility.
A new engine going to make waves in the auto industry?
Those days are gone it seems.
Today processing, sensing and energy storage are king.
I do get it- "smart" can openers are not much and planes still needs wings.
It appears though that augmentation is the horizon for many classes of product development.
Now we have a rapidly advancing sector of practical drones of various stripes and fully functional stabilization/collision avoidance from proximity sensors.
The rate of growth is remarkable.
I am always late to the party but it appears to my mind that we have seen a relatively profound paradigm shift in what has constituted advanced engineering of products.
Gone is the nineteenth century thinking of mechanical complexity to accomplish tasks.
In its stead we are finding process and sensing being the dominant factor in advancing utility.
A new engine going to make waves in the auto industry?
Those days are gone it seems.
Today processing, sensing and energy storage are king.
I do get it- "smart" can openers are not much and planes still needs wings.
It appears though that augmentation is the horizon for many classes of product development.