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The Register is reporting that badly configured software, installed incorrectly, is responsible for the crash of an Airbus A400M transport plane. Engine control software, installed wrong, was to blame.
The A400M crashed just after takeoff on its first real production test flight, 9 May near Seville’s San Pablo Airport, killing four.
For the initial report on the software see: The Register.
For more background on the crash see: Wikipedia.
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In a continuation of our journey to bring the best, most actionable technology content to enterprise decision-makers we are merging our research and reporting activities into the OODAloop.com site (both CTOvision.com and OODAloop.com are owned and operated by OODA LLC). This will give our community access to the same technology summaries we currently produce as […]
Our video and audio podcast, the OODAcast, provides content that can help accelerate your career and improve your decision making. The series is based on interviews of some of the greatest most accomplished enterprise technologists we can find. We ask questions designed to pull out lessons applicable to accelerating the career of any professional. We […]
From the 1930s to 1950s (far too long) the medical community just would not wake up to the fact that cigarettes could cause harm (see More Doctors Smoke Camels). Why did they stick with this misperception for so long? When so many good people come to the wrong conclusion it probably means some deeply human […]
Please help share the content at this link to any thinker/writer you know: 2020 Information Warfare Essay Contest This contest is open to all contributors, active-duty, military, reservists, veterans, and civilians. Generally the winners have had a solid understanding of the nature of modern conflict, but really any thinkers/writers should look over the contest and […]
Editor’s note: I am proud to say I have a history with Centripetal Networks serving on their board and then later as an advisor. It was horrible to learn that a Tech Titan like Cisco was infringing on their patents. It is good now to see when the facts were reviewed justice was done. -bg […]
Tom Loftus provided an insightful review of some of Super Bowl ads in the 4 Feb 2019 Wall Street Journal. Like AI parody in SNL, these ads really poked fun at computers: Seriously, did anyone catch the commercials? If the Super Bowl is the zeitgeist, then it is safe to say that America is not […]
HBO’s Westworld is a modern take on the Michael Crichton SciFi tale of a robotic amusement park. The HBO version has a new twist. The creators/writers were all exposed to years of Twitter, which has influenced every episode and the entire arch of two seasons of the show. Now that season two is wrapping up, […]
Westworld season one was a great mix of science fiction and drama and action and it was done in a way that should help people think through many tech ethics questions, like how do we want to treat our robots? Does treating robots with violence change our nature? Can robots become sentient? HBO has a […]
