As eardrum vibrations naturally create a usable voltage from brain signals, the prototype can build enough charge in a capacitor to drive a very low-power wireless transmitter that relays the electrochemical properties of the ear and potentially diagnoses balance or hearing problems.
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Dozens of companies are attempting to build prototype vehicles that would take tourists to the edge of space.
We were impressed with the prototype's build quality (it's CNC machined), especially the design of the sliding mechanism used to capture the iPad.
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Once his concept is approved, the Scout can begin to build a prototype of his game.
They added that they were now working to build a prototype and hoped to have it completed by October.
For a fee, his company will build a prototype and shop it around.
During 1994-95, Fiat sent 290 workers and engineers from Betim to Turin to set up a pilot production line for the Palio and build a prototype.
For the second type of entrepreneur, Spanos advises them to build a prototype and test it out on potential customers in order to determine whether the initial hypothesis about the opportunity is right or should be changed.
It had wanted to build a small prototype but will now wait a few years.
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Clear and purposeful programmatic objectives and milestones must be established, including a decision now to build a useful prototype aircraft to fly by 1995.
Reaction Engines is still a ways behind SpaceX: it has only a fraction of the funding and has yet to build an actual prototype of a hybrid engine, never mind the Skylon, a proposed spaceplane that it would power.
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Red Roof Inn and Motel 6 are economy brands that are hard to get a return on if you build a new one using their prototype.
Instead of debating for days whether a new idea is possible or what the best way to build something is, hackers would rather just prototype something and see what works.
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It supports countless small experimental projects that build internal support from the ground-up and launch quickly in prototype to gauge user reaction.
In a statement, Michaud said AVEtec successfully tested a 13-foot-wide power plant prototype in 2009 and that the startup would use the Breakout Labs grant to build a bigger version in collaboration with Lambton College in Sarnia, Ontario.
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It's important to note, right off the bat, that these things are still firmly in prototype mode, so we'll hold off on passing any sort of judgement on build quality until the company puts something a bit more final in our hands.
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