New use for iPods: Flight Recorders.

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That makes sense, especially for the small aircraft.

Here's the article:

http://tinyurl.com/2fsdzs


Vero Beach, Florida-based LoPresti. "The iPod becomes the first truly portable, personal flight recorder with a huge recording capacity."
"This is a watershed technology for aviation," says LoPresti vice president of operations, RJ Siegel, "and we are delighted to be the first to bring it to market." The Fury will prove the concept, but once certificated, the iPod FDR could be deployed on other light aircraft.

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"The iPod has an ideal product spec for aviation. It's light and small, with very low power requirements and a simple interface. There are thousands of developers passionate about writing applications for the iPod. With such a large body of programmers we literally have no idea what the next great aviation application may be.”