After about a year of operation, the Lab has recently finished rebuilding its driving simulator, to apply lessons learned from the first edition. Positioning of the seat, wheel, and accelerator have been improved, and structure has been reinforced to reduce flex and interaction of the clutch and brake sensors. Power supplies and computer are now onboard, and soon there will be an audio connection to the lab's sound system to increase realism. Ama stopped in to give it a preliminary checkout, and found it to be much easier to find comfortable driving positions for her long arms and legs. The...

After about a year of operation, the Lab has recently finished rebuilding its driving simulator, to apply lessons learned from the first edition. Positioning of the seat, wheel, and accelerator have been improved, and structure has been reinforced to reduce flex and interaction of the clutch and brake sensors. Power supplies and computer are now onboard, and soon there will be an audio connection to the lab's sound system to increase realism. Ama stopped in to give it a preliminary checkout, and found it to be much easier to find comfortable driving positions for her long arms and legs. The only problem - however she mashes the gas, there is no sensor registration. Brake and clutch are fine, but we'll have to dig into the gas in order to resume our driving simulations.