Out of the Barn Book

	Creation and Compilation	i
	Acknowledgements & Dedication	ii
	Foreword	vi
Part I	Floor Level Control Systems	1
	Dull, Boring Data Collection?	3
	Ladder Logic Language Languishing	5
	One's a Tool; the Other's a Solution	7
	The Objects of My Affection	9
	Let the Product Be the Judge!	11
	Issues of Real Time	13
	Silicon in Control	15
	Rise and Fall and Rise	17
	Floor Wars	19
Part II	Industrial Computing: The Camel Has the Tent!	21
	DEC Chips in With Alpha	23
	Faster Than Real Time	25
	Supercomputers in Command: A Look at the Future	27
	Heat, Light and Hardware	29
	Intelligent Materials Part I: The Dawn	31
	Icons, Glyphs and Strings	33
	Seeking Better Bandwidth	35
Part III	Software: Indispensable Exasperation	37
	Building a Solid Foundation	39
	Brochures, Bibles and Baseball	41
	Better Than the Real Thing	43
	Ladder Logic, Sci-Fi Wise	45
	Going to the Show	47
	An Interview With Myself	49
	Much Data, Little Knowledge	51
	The Emperor's New Clothes	53
	Seeking Better Bandwidth	55
Part IV	Managing Manufacturing: Multi-Tasking Personified	57
	Quality From the Start	59
	Winning With an Agile Defense	61
	Many Challenges Face Systems Integrators	63
	Dream On...Again	65
	Get a Life	67
	The Eyes of the Beholder	69
	When Products Ruled the Earth	71
	Leap of Faith	73
	Sense and Prejudice	75
	Room for Improvement	77
	Rule the World	79
Part V	Enhancing Corporate Wealth	81
	Technology Development and Market Creation	83
	Chasing Chaos in Santa Fe	85
	Achieving Total Simulation	87
	Reengineering: Art or Science	89
	Chaos 3.0	91
	Mechatronics Explained	93
	Robots and Cyborgs	95
Part VI	Global Reports	97
	Strengths and Weaknesses	99
	Japan and Generation X	101
	The Oracle Speaks	103
	Far Out, Far East	105
	Future Redux	107
	Dick Down Under	109
	Letter From Beijing	111
	Delft; Or Virtual Water	113
Part VII	Evaluating Entrepreneurship	115
	Where Angels Fear to Tread	117
	Loose Logic for Fanatical Financiers	119
	Nonlinear Social Behavior	121
	More About Failure	123
	Think Ahead	125
	On Duty	127
Part VIII	We Have Met the Enemy: They Is Us!	129
	An Engineer's Notebook	131
	In the Public Interest	133
	Let Me Be Your Guide	135
	Don't Fall in Love	137
	The Art of Herding Cats	139
	A Tale of Two Days	141
	The Raven Consultant	143
	Has Technology Taken Over Your Life?	145
	Geography Is Truth... Or, Where the Bears Are	147
	Resistance Is Futile	149
	Happy New Internet Year	151
	The Road Warrior	153
	Index	155