did you know that the black box flight recorder on planes is actually orange?

my new thing i discovered today

yep, I learned this from TV, lmao. a lot of shows like pointing this out... xD

i did not know that!

my dad just randomly mentioned it to me this morning

yeah, if it were actually black, it would be difficult to find in wreckage.

he probably saw it in a tv show

yeah that makes total sense

Yep. "black box" is an engineering / information systems term for a self contained system where the user of the device (pilots) doesn't care what it's actually doing, as long as it works.

Apparently though, while in flight recorders are an example of a black box (and the name sticks because of that), the term was first applied for different reasons