IEEE Spectrum discusses the technology of active aero-elastic wings, and the software control problems in herent in developing the technology. Interesting reading.
September 15th, 2004
Scenario: Working on my backup software, I'd dumped the database and was relabelling tapes. I'd just ejected a freshly relabelled tape. Wen the Eternally Surprised looked at the tape drive that had rudely spat a tape out in her direction, reached out, and pushed the tape back in.
"No!" I told her. "Don't touch the tapes! I just ejected that tape. Now I'll have to eject it again." So saying, I turned back to my keyboard and ejected the tape again.
So she pushed the power button instead. I hadn't told her today not to touch that....