Lots of need to move innovations through design, product development, marketing, derivative designs, prototype production, design for manufacturing, short-run specialty items and even prolific variation creation.
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It might be a pair of shoes, printed in solid form as a design prototype before being produced in bulk.
Cycling did not appeal to the masses until the introduction of the pneumatic safety bicycle with a chain and sprocket drive (the prototype of the modern design).
So far, the company has built a one-eighth-size prototype to test its design, which consists of a carbon-fibre keel, an envelope made from modern composite materials, half-a-dozen engines, a passenger compartment, and a specially lightened crane.
They went from conceptual design to working prototype in a year.
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This is particularly true for the human-centered design process -- empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test -- as outlined by the Institute of Design at Stanford, also known as "the d.school" where, in the interest of full disclosure, I have coached a design course called Sustainable Abundance.
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This FCC prototype may not be the final design, but if nothing else, it's proof that the device is evolving.
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Ghosn listens intently to the formal presentations and then stands up to get a closer look at last-minute design changes on a prototype parked in the center of the room.
So no surprise to find AMD coveting a cut of that turf too, with this, their new living room PC reference design -- a prototype AMD hopes will be copied by manufacturers to bring AMD's Live!
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The community recently unveiled its element14 knode, a unique automated platform that enables engineers to quickly research, design, develop and prototype in a single, intelligent environment. element14 is an innovative offering from Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), FTSE 250, a leader in multi-channel electronics distribution trading throughout Europe (Farnell), the Americas (Newark) and Asia Pacific (element14).
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If the prototype succeeds in flying through the night then the design of its successor will be finalised.
While we won't make too many judgments on the feel and design based on a non-functioning prototype, we actually found the Max easier to hold and reach all corners of the screen with a single hand than the Nexus or the Note.
Henson repeatedly called Davison Design, asking it to send back his prototype, but he says no one returned his calls.
National University of Singapore industrial design students Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua's prototype uses negative ions, compressed air and anti-bacterial deodorants to clean clothes.
If the system passes all the operational testing, the prototype will be demonstrated to the USAF Security Forces and the design will be transitioned for operational use.
One of the highlights of the week will be a three day competition between design schools from France and the USA to create prototype lighting designs, using 3D printing as an in situ maker technology.
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According to Gruber, that's just one step below "design verification test, " which is what that stolen iPhone 4 prototype was -- meaning the CDMA iPhone is apparently just two hops away from production.
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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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To push the future of hotels forward, three of the 262 guest rooms are soon-to-be-completed Prototype Rooms, which will contain products and components from three areas of research: design, innovation and lifestyle.
The company is currently building a scaled prototype in Bedford County, VA. So it remains to be seen if the design will be successful and ultimately installed at the Clinch River Site.
The F-Type design unveiled at the Detroit auto show in January is a modified version of a prototype called the XK180.
When a prototype was operated by veterans of Vietnam and Somalia, they urged him to consider adapting this design for their comrades fighting today's wars - and tomorrow's.
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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.
Now, before you read on, do bear in mind that some of its features -- especially the OS -- may not make it to the final design when it comes out later this year, nor do we know what stage this prototype was at.
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With the help of a machinist, and using a formula he concocted for a stiff, self-lubricating plastic, Fenelon built a crude prototype of the gear and found that the torque required to push the window was half of what the old design required.
Smith took Broadstar's design and rousted 65 suppliers to crank out 225 different parts, allowing the company to piece together a prototype in less than two months.
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