Ever since the first concept designs appeared on the web, the Nintendo DS was met with skepticism.
But the project's first concept is most decidedly a four-wheeler: a plug-in electric Mini powered by a lithium-ion battery.
It also hearkens back to the first concept designs for OLPC which had built-in hand cranks on their sides.
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The First Concept: The more something costs, the less of it you get.
They launched their first concept store in Pakistan also in April.
The Moody Blues, who got their start in Birmingham, England, turned out some of the first concept albums and were innovators in studio production techniques.
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My first encounter with the concept of market efficiency dates back to my first course in economics.
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DriveNow is the first car sharing concept to focus consistently on highly-efficient premium vehicles and comprehensive service.
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The use of crime maps in Chicago first brought the concept to wide attention, and their use in the US has inspired British politicians.
When he first pitched the concept to Social Security officials in the mid-1980s, "They told me they couldn't even study it because Congress would go nuts, " Goodman says.
This concept first came up for me in discussions with Stanford behavior design researcher BJ Fogg and continued in my interview with Weight Watchers CEO David Kirchhoff.
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No word on any test markets just yet, but folks can apparently check out the concept first-hand at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week -- or simply head on past the break for a video.
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Panasonic first introduced its concept of connected HDTVs five years ago and in 2012 VIERA Connect1, Panasonic's proprietary IPTV platform, continues to improve its functionality by employing a cloud based technology and philosophy, allowing for an unlimited number of apps being available to the consumer.
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In his first speech accepting the concept of a two-state solution for the Middle East conflict, Netanyahu set rigid conditions for moving forward.
When the concept was first shown at a 1994 Stuttgart press conference, it looked like a Euro-toy rather than a viable America commuter car.
Recognising that global warming will make any line based on the watershed of a glacier temporary, the understanding with Austria has for the first time introduced the concept of a movable border.
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The web has opened up many doors for sharing and showing off your digital photography collection, and our first website takes the concept of an online album to whole new levels of professionalism.
Because ideas are tied to specific individuals and the rewards can be so significant, sometimes employees have raced from a lunch meeting to be the first to submit the concept, which does little to advance team-building or morale.
First of all, the esteemed British business journal The Economist has endorsed the concept, which I first wrote about nearly a year ago.
At first glance, the nudging concept has a bit of merit and addresses some very important issues.
Don Shula Hotel in Florida was one of the first hotels to introduce the concept back in 2006.
The location of the stacks under the reading room was the concept of the first librarian, John Shaw Billings.
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The concept of crowdsourcing first gained widespread attention in an article written in 2006 by Jeff Howe for Wired Magazine.
It was at Computex that Intel first talked about the ultrabook concept, which emerged from in-depth consumer research it conducted in 2009 and 2010.
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