It would be unfair to describe the Samsung Galaxy S III as a prototype of the next iPhone.
FORBES: The Next iPhone Will Be Very Fast, It Will Have To Be
Completed in 1976, Enterprise was designed as a prototype test vehicle.
What began as a prototype built around a tower of Arduino shields is now a small first-run integrated board with spots for connecting XBee radio cards and a small LCD display.
The EnergyBuddy -- first unveiled as a prototype at CES but just now inching toward a full launch -- is a complete home energy-tracking system brought to you by Cali-based startup FutureDash.
But as these visions are developed, their potential to become a reality will depend on the success of facilities such as the Jurong Caverns -- considered by Tan as a prototype for underground developments in Singapore.
The Joint European Torus (JET) is located in Britain, which is the largest such facility in the world and may be regarded as a prototype for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) based in France.
Originally expected to be launched in 2012, a further delay to the A350, which has not yet been built as a prototype, could put it a full six years behind Boeing's launch of its 787 Dreamliner, the model with which the A350 was expected to compete.
The latter was described as a "prototype" but will be available in March.
It might be a pair of shoes, printed in solid form as a design prototype before being produced in bulk.
And while MakerBot still seems a ways away from the final product, the company used SXSW as a platform to unveil a prototype of its MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner.
That makes them easy to lose in a junk drawer--as we did with a nonfunctional prototype card sent to our offices a few months ago.
Further down the road, Nokia will unveil its Kinetic prototype as a real product.
FORBES: Nokia and Microsoft Aim For Google In Smartphone Wars; Nokia's New Phones
In addition to playing up the pixel count, Samsung touted its prototype as a "green panel, " claiming 30-percent lower power consumption than existing LCDs.
It had a crude prototype of a digital camera as early as 1975 and in the mid-1990s helped Apple develop its QuickTake 100 digital camera.
To make it work, you connect a Windows PC to the device, which consists of a pair of 960 x 540 Epson displays embedded in the transparent glasses (with a detachable shade, as shown in the prototype above), and a depth sensor attached to the top.
Of course, I was driving a prototype, as opposed to one of the 500 total production units Lexus initially said it would manufacture.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Apple is working with Sharp (OTC: SHCAY) and Hon Hai Precision (better known as Foxconn) to produce a prototype, flat-screen HD TV, but it is unclear how far along Apple is in the process.
FORBES: Is Apple Finally Going To Announce The Apple TV In 2013
The chain, which had scotched its signature blue A-frame design in favor of big boxes that can seat more customers, is testing a new prototype that uses the A-frame as a restaurant's entranceway.
As a player, Guardiola was very much the prototype of the modern Spanish midfielder: technically-gifted, balanced and an immaculate passer of the ball.
Using the "refined hairline grooves" of a peacock as a template, a research team led by Professor Jay Guo has found success in creating a prototype of one such high-res display by crafting nanoscale metallic grooves on silver-plated glass.
ENGADGET: Peacock feathers form basis for reflective displays, could bring color to e-readers soon
In February, AeroVironment completed the prototype of a surveillance drone disguised as a hummingbird drone for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
FORBES: Strong Grid: Are Radical Robotics the Secret Ingredient?
In the prototype, CourseKit posted these items as a so-called stream meaning the content appeared to users in the order in which it was originally posted.
According to Mr Heathcote, the unit - which is currently only a prototype - could be commercially available as soon as the end of this year.
This complaint, and the unusual decision not to order a prototype, will be thoroughly rehearsed as the tender makes its way through the tortuous procedures required by the German Bundestag.
An editor at the site claims to have scored a prototype version of the handset, and as such, any judgements made should be taken with a grain of salt.
ENGADGET: Alleged LG Nexus 4 reviewed by Belarusian tech site Mobile
Its advanced engine-development centre, which opened this summer, hooks up an engine to a simulated computer model of an as-yet unbuilt prototype car, to see how well it performs.
Japanese firm Secom announced this week that it has developed a prototype drone that it intends to develop as part of the home security services that it provides for its customers.
If you recall, we knew a year ago that Fujitsu was working on a tablet that could scan the palm as a form of authentication, but we've never actually seen a finished product, or even a functioning prototype.
应用推荐