Linux and Formula One
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| Formula One motor racing is no longer about famous car marques, its about
| precise science and using technology to shave another fraction of a second
| off a lap time, and Linux is playing a pivotal role in helping the race teams
| achieve this.
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| As a technical sport motor racing demands of its participants a close
| understanding of the technologies that can help them. F1 motor racing is
| probably second only to the aerospace industry in the application of
| aerodynamic simulation and wind tunnel technology. It is a testament to the
| rapid advance of Linux in high performance computing that most teams in
| Formula 1 have been using Linux systems in their aerodynamic and engine
| workshops for a number of years.
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| "Formula One is a product excellence business that's all about innovation and
| technology," says Jonathan Neale, the managing director of McLaren
| Racing. "We're competing for first place in an environment where the
| difference between first and tenth is about 0.6 seconds, so we're constantly
| seeking fractions of a second in performance improvement. On average we'll
| make a change to the car every 20 minutes during the course of a season, and
| to do that, simulation is vital in making efficient changes to the car." Back
| in the factory, McLaren uses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis
| running on Linux on SGI Altix high performance computers to simulate and
| predict the car's behaviour.
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/applications/features/192522/linux-and-formula-one.html
Related:
Microsoft Says Xbox 360 Wheel Overheats
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/23/ap4049938.html
Tux 500: A Community Powered Linux Markering Program
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| Marketing Linux has always been a tricky proposition. As a community,
| we have relied on corporations who have a stake in the Linux operating
| system to market Linux to the world at large. Today, we have an
| opportunity to change that, and make Linux marketing as much a
| community effort as Linux development. That effort begins with
| the Tux 500 project.
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http://www.tux500.com/
LGP's Ballistics Goes Gold
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| Linux Game Publishing has announced today that their latest Linux
| game port, Ballistics, has gone gold. Ballistics is a game that
| takes place in a high-tech society and involves a futuristic
| type of Formula One racing. This game went gold today and
| should be on sale starting May 31, 2007. The Ballistics'
| Linux product page is available at Linux Game Publishing.
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http://www.phoronix.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-2854.html
Torcs using a Wiimote as wheel
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| By patching latest WMD with the patch pigeon made for Fligthgear,
| the Wiimote can be used as a classical joystick in Linux (using a
| /dev/js0 device).
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http://www.blino.org/blog/mandriva/wiimote-torcs.html
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