He described the restructuring as "like finding a broken Stradivarius cello and building a new semi-electric instrument without spoiling the design".
The same design of instrument was used on the Lunar Prospector spacecraft that discovered ice in the shadowed regions of the Moon's poles in 1998.
In the end, he commissioned a group of researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Germany to design an instrument which produces light with a wavelength of 1, 300 nanometres and has the ability to fire 440, 000 pulses a second.
They need to improve the anode's design before their instrument will really sing.
In Phyfe's lyre-back chairs, the lyre features a key-ended tuning pin on the right side and a peg-shaped end on the left, suggesting an authentic musical instrument rather than a mere design motif.
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Looks and power matter, of course, but so does the internal psyche: The design of the blue instrument dials, the heavily bolstered sport seats and the overall feel of the cabin proved solidly well-made.
The scooters are unmistakably MINI, thanks to design features like their circular central instrument cluster and speedometer, the prominent indicator lamps that originally appeared on classic Mini cars, and the chrome trims on the body of the bike.
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Rather, it's because, until recently, instrument makers haven't invested much time perfecting the design of this orchestral interloper.
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Meanwhile, General Instrument, based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, stuck to older-design analog boxes.
The design began way back in 2006, with the goal being to create a full-on multitouch instrument with the ability to let one's finger dictate volume, timbre, pitch and pressure.
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