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[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 month ago

Kites have utilized fly by wire technology for centuries already.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago
[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

And shoes. Although, wireless technology is getting popular.

[-] jrwperformance@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One is a wire, one is a cable. One transmits electric energy, one transmits kinetic energy.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Both are technically cables though. One, a power cable, the other a steel cable.

[-] WFloyd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

We don't say "injection by wire" or "fuel by wire" though, we call it Electronic Fuel Injection.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Throttle by wire.

The fuel is never really actively controlled by the user, more by its relation to the amount of air going into the intake.

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Drive by wire uaually refers to steering though the official definition is more broad.

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