Word: antilock
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...group (examples: Harrison Radiator, Packard Electric, Inland Fisher Guide) were captives, there was traditionally no incentive for them to offer competitive prices. GM now insists that its parts makers stand on their own, which has done wonders. The Delco Maraine division has cut 70% from the cost of manufacturing antilock brake systems...
...prices drop, these devices will become ubiquitous. By 1995 the typical car may contain as many as 50 silicon sensors programmed to control antilock brakes, monitor engine knock and trigger the release of safety air bags. Similar sensors are already employed in the space shuttle Discovery to measure cabin and hydraulic pressures and gauge performance at more than 250 separate points in the craft's main engines...