Evaporative emission control systems (EVAP) are used in cars' fuel systems to prevent gasoline fumes from leaking into the atmosphere. The EVAP system runs diagnostics for possible fuel vapor leaks ...

A deft stability control system does its work without the driver noticing, except perhaps for the blinking stability-control lamp that indicates the system is working. See All 4 Photos.

An effective inventory control system has to tell you the exact location of the material you need as well as how many units are in inventory. Typical warehouses are organized on a grid with aisles ...

It will take $31.5 billion to build a brand-new air traffic control system for the country, Department of Transportation ...

Perhaps for this reason, traction control never became mandatory equipment, but stability control proved such a valuable safety system that governments legislated their mandatory use in Canada ...

Control systems are all around us, and understanding them is going to make you much better at hardware design. In the last article — Beyond Control: The Basics of Control Systems — we l… ...

Power plants were among the leaders in implementing distributed control systems (DCSs), starting in the 1980s with systems based on mini-computers and continuing through the turn of the century.

Traction control is a system that constantly monitors how much your wheels are spinning relative to one another, and regulates the one(s) in free spin.