Some of Homer's competitors spent tens of thousands of dollars creating and testing their prototyped gloves.

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Rather, the idea is to get some semblance of what it might be like sitting inside a car you've digitally prototyped.

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Whereas creating a video game is akin to swimming through shark-infested waters, a board game can be designed and prototyped shark-free.

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The cool Square credit card reader was rapidly prototyped there.

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Now, a team of researchers from AGFA-Gevaert, IMEC, Holst Centre and Philips have prototyped a 12- x 12-centimeter flexible OLED lighting panel that swaps out the ITO for highly-conductive transparent resin electrodes.

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When I asked to use the navigation feature that would show me maps of places I want to go, Mr. Brin said it is prototyped but not in the version he showed me.

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Output is rapidly prototyped and tested.

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