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Back|EUA vão aposentar disquetes usados em sistemas de controle aéreo
EUA vão aposentar disquetes usados em sistemas de controle aéreo
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G1·17 hours ago·Tech·2 min read·🇧🇷Brazil·

EUA vão aposentar disquetes usados em sistemas de controle aéreo

Sistema de tecnologia dos anos 80 ainda fornece dados meteorológicos aos controladores de voo nos Estados Unidos

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  • A FAA anunciou que vai retirar os disquetes do controle de tráfego aéreo até o fim de 2028.
  • Os sistemas antigos, com interface dos anos 80, ainda fornecem dados meteorológicos aos controladores.
  • A modernização atrasou décadas e a manutenção ficou cada vez mais difícil.

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A FAA anunciou a aposentadoria dos disquetes usados no controle de tráfego aéreo. Até 2019, os militares americanos ainda usavam disquetes gigantes em um sistema ligado ao arsenal nuclear. Os sistemas da FAA tinham interface dos anos 80 e dependiam de atualizações manuais.

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Pode parecer piada, mas não é. O país que levou o homem à Lua, inventou a internet e está na vanguarda da inteligência artificial, ainda usa disquetes para ajudar a controlar o tráfego aéreo.

Isso mesmo. Disquetes! Aqueles quadradinhos de plástico que a gente colocava no computador nos anos 1980 e 90. E que, de vez em quando, davam aquele aviso desesperador: “Erro de leitura”.

O disquete é conhecido pelas gerações Z e Alpha como aquele símbolo pequeno de "salvar" um arquivo virtual.

A agência americana de aviação, a FAA, anunciou que vai aposentar os disquetes. Mas sem pressa. O processo só deve estar completo no fim de 2028. Ou seja, ainda faltam dois anos para os pequenos objetos finalmente pousarem.

Para quem nasceu na era do smartphone, vale uma explicação. O disquete foi uma revolução tecnológica.

Surgiu em 1971. Os primeiros eram enormes. Depois vieram em uma versão menor e, finalmente, os pequenos, que viraram símbolo da informática.

O mais popular guardava apenas 1,44 megabyte. Hoje, uma única fotografia tirada pelo celular pode ocupar várias vezes esse espaço.

Os disquetes praticamente desapareceram há mais de 25 anos. Mas sobreviveram em alguns lugares improváveis.

Até 2019, os militares americanos ainda usavam disquetes gigantes, em um sistema ligado ao arsenal nuclear. E agora, descobrimos que também resistiam nas instalações de controle de tráfego aéreo.

Eles são usados em sistemas antigos que fornecem informações meteorológicas e outros dados importantes aos controladores.

Mas afinal, por que uma tecnologia tão antiga continuou em uso por tanto tempo? Segundo um relatório do órgão de fiscalização do Congresso americano, os sistemas ainda usados pela FAA tinham uma interface dos anos 80 e dependiam de atualizações manuais.

A modernização dessa estrutura demorou décadas e a manutenção ficou cada vez mais difícil.

Depois de mais de meio século de serviços prestados, o disquete finalmente vai ganhar asas e desaparecer nas nuvens. Não na nuvem digital. Na nuvem de verdade.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • A FAA completará a aposentadoria dos disquetes até o fim de 2028.

    Very likely · Within months

Open Questions

  • ?Qual tecnologia substituirá os disquetes?
  • ?Qual o custo da modernização?
  • ?Haverá interrupções nos serviços durante a transição?

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  • A FAA anunciou que vai retirar os disquetes do controle de tráfego aéreo até o fim de 2028.
  • Os sistemas antigos, com interface dos anos 80, ainda fornecem dados meteorológicos aos controladores.
  • A modernização atrasou décadas e a manutenção ficou cada vez mais difícil.

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