Slow times at a company usually lead to layoffs. But this is a scenario where everyone loses. I think there's a way for everyone to win and the company to come out stronger.

Sorry to say this but my "real" job is going to take up most of my time for the rest of December. I won't be posting much for the rest of December.

Given that sensors are vital to feedback systems I've included a bunch of sensor models in my wiki.

A Nigerian telecom satellite failed recently. On another blog the question of why was asked. I have some thoughts.

If you are going to use MATLAB's Parallel Computing Toolbox for the first time schedule a couple of weeks to figure out how to use it with Simulink. I've found a work around using the batch command but it isn't ideal.