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REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2020 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE I I-CONNECT007 103 between research and development, 64-bit computers called "calculators" to avoid upset- ting the system, the HP35 calculator project and trying to find the capacity to manufacture 3000 units per hour, touring Europe in 1973 to visit automated OEM PCB shops, and then gaining permission to automate PCB manufac- turing at HP. Happy continued with his series of auto- biographical anecdotes: trout fishing with Mr. Packard in Monterey Bay, spending time in Taiwan and Hong Kong—installing and commissioning high-volume manufacturing facilities for fine-line multilayer PCBs—being offered opportunities to be part of the Apple computer business, being appointed chief technical officer for Foxconn and manufac- turing hundreds of millions of iPhones, and eventually retiring from the position of direc- tor of electronics and innovations for GEN- TEX Corporation. However, he still used an old LG flip-phone! Barry Matties called for questions, and Happy responded spontaneously and informa- tively to everything he was asked, particularly about his predictions for the future of the PCB industry. It was his opinion that new technolo- gies—like Joe Fjelstad's Occam process and Joan Tourne's VeCS—would become popu- lar and that the achievement of development goals would become increasingly dependent on artificial intelligence. "Anyone with a good crystal ball will end up wealthy." Barry brought proceedings to a close and thanked everyone for their participation. It had been a splendid evening for all involved and set a precedent for future "Good for the Industry" awards. Any crystal ball owners care to speculate on who future recipients might be? S&T