Actually, my friend Sherie, the designer, did say that L3 has already been through several levels of FAA certification, and Smart Deck will be fully certified in January.
This version of the thing was designed for small, fast (expensive) planes - (it currently flies on a Cirrus SR22). They'd have to do different user research and designs for larger, commercial planes - just like any system design has to change for scale, scope and core persona changes. Though I do suppose that some industries change more slowly than others - which is probably a good thing. - Billie -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Nish-Lapidus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:27 PM To: Billie Mandel Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples of excellent interaction design NOT on the web A friend of mine is an amateur pilot, here's what he had to say about Smart Deck "Yeah, I've seen it before. But, as with all things aviation related, it's the insurance companies and the lawyers that really control technology. You see, the Smart Deck is NOT FAA certified, and would cost about 5 times as much as it does now to process and manage the certification paperwork So, as usual, new technologies that might actually help prevent people from flying into the side of mountains while flying through thick fog can only be used "unofficially" by VFR pilots, and only for non-commercial flights. " He agrees that it's better than all other flight computer options.. but in the end people can't even use it properly. On 10/11/07, Billie Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK - slight diversion, since it's not design for the web, but I had to > share this. Was just catching up with a friend with whom I've worked in > the past, and she shared the most exciting project her team has finished > lately: > > http://www.smartdeck.com/ > > How cool is *that*? > > -Billie > > > * * * * * * * > Billie Mandel | Manager, User Experience Design & Research | OPENWAVE | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help > -- Matt Nish-Lapidus email/gtalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattnl Home: http://www.nishlapidus.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
