What has been done in the Android Making Taxonomy? Not much, honestly. And yet, in some ways "a lot " for a lot of time has been vested and invested. None of these works will be found on amazon.com or in Barnes and Noble. A developing taxonomy implies a "To Do" list.

These items are listed in approximate development or process order:

*     My clipping collection and scrapbook is the first item on this list. I did not know it more than 20 years ago when I clipped an enchanting portrait from an advertisement for a perfume. About a year ago 1998, I had it scanned for the image (huge) file! Her beautiful face which I envied inspired this grandiose android making taxonomy defining avocation. There is only the one agglomeration for my defining and development purposes and is not likely worth the cost of duplication. I am still gathering items of interest for development so it has that use, but a copy is not likely to be offered as a product for sale. All authors and engineers have, or should have, their source files.

*     An Android Makers Encyclopedia (ame) was began to collate and structure basic information about the Hatfield Type Android Making Taxonomy. Unfortunately, this evolved to a high percentage of "stubs" and limited meaning items. However, it is still a good development tool for me as I refer to entries in my continuing development processes. The Android Makers Encyclopedia On-Line has been migrated from my personal web site. It is not likely to be suitable as a product for sale for a long time.

*     The Android Makers Handbook (AMH) was to be the "capstone product;" as it were. Again unfortunately, the uncovered unresolved engineering problems made this not as usable as I would like even though I suspect the structure and concepts are valid. This is to be the prime item; my instructions and plans to how to build a Hatfield Type Android. It is expected to be a long time before I can put this on the market via this web site. On March 17, 1999, I decided to put an extract of AMH from my source files onto this site, at least to the point my engineering broke down. That way, I am not giving away the store as I solicit contributions. The On-line version:

*     A "Mind Experiment:" This is a pseudo-scientific way of justifying writing a novel. Actually, The Android Maker (TAM) is really an especial novel, but in writing it, that did help me work out some (unfortunately, not all) Android Making Taxonomy defining, engineering, and design problems. More information about The Android Maker book.

*     Another mind experiment is the Android Maker's Daughter. It is a companion to The Android Maker and is quite congruent. It is written to be from the android Miranda's perspective and some parts are only very slightly modified when I copied the portions from TAM. It has not been reviewed yet as of February 18, 1999.

*     A third mind experiment was started a while back, but it did not get finished ... or even very far yet. The Android's Daughter has only the preamble in my "dead tree edition" (draft printed). I still think the perspective of a Hatfield Type Android actually making another HTA would be quite informative. I do not know when I will get back to complete this story to produce a book for sale.

These are the things I know need work in approximate priority order. Like a "dream sheet," these are on-hold for various reasons and somewhat sequentially dependent:

*     Continue monitoring developments for the Android Making Taxonomy!

*     Expand my On-Line Android Makers Encyclopedia.

*     Resolve taxonomy development problems (AMH).

*     Resolve engineering problems; assuming definition problems solved.

*     Resolve design and drafting problems; assuming solutions to engineering problems.

*     CAD master drawings for skeletal elements; marking for variables dependent upon android phenotype definition; given solutions for design expressions.

*     Tune the copy of CAD master drawings for Miranda's specifications for my personal copy of the Android Makers Handbook.

No more known.

Want to contribute, comment, etc.? Write me! ... (Please put "AMList" in the subject or early in the body of your message so that I can relate your mail. I am inventing such a tree that the topic of some mail has been vague. Sometimes I can use "indirections to find directions out," but I am not that skilled.)

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