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Re:Apple CarPlay by deelowe on Monday March 03, 2014 @07:52AM (#7333405)
My stepfather is a pilot.

| but why do you think planes and other complex machinery have stuck with physical controls

They haven't. Most new planes and retrofits are moving to touchscreens. It allows the pilot to display only the important information on screen at a given time. Like the airport map, for example.

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Re:Apple CarPlay by ZanyProgrammer on Monday March 03, 2014 @08:05AM (#7333461)
But the yoke, pedals, etc are not touch screen.
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Re:Apple CarPlay by pisarzp on Monday March 03, 2014 @08:30AM (#7333563)
so is driving wheel and brakes
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Re:Apple CarPlay by deelowe on Monday March 03, 2014 @11:20AM (#7334558)
huh? Are you claiming that they are in the case of this car interface?

Also, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Airbus_A380_cockpit.jpg

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