3 ms·
Why Designing a Mars Rover Like Curiosity Just Got a Lot Easier
- mturmon 14y agoWhen, as a writer for Wired, you re-write a company's press release into a news story, sometimes stuff like this slips in (second paragraph): "His company’s software designed Curiosity." When that happens, it reveals you for the hack you are. If the writer had taken the time to get an independent perspective, maybe the story would have been better.
- iamwil 14y agoIf the design and testing of physical objects occur in silica, I wonder if by picking up the speed and iteration of software, they'll also pick up the size, scope, and complexity of software. While doing software dev has its advantages, there are well-known disadvantages as outlined in classics like the mythical-man month. Will physical dev pick up the same disadvantages? Or is there some constraint on designing physical things that help contain complexity?
- subsystem 14y agoSome strange wording. As far as I know PLM is more of a concept than a specific program, and it's not really new. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_lifecycle_management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_lifecycle_management
- ChuckMcM 14y agoCareful, you will disturb the seamless synergy of holistic lifecycle design.