Scale models of the revised panel shapes are then made and tested in a wind-tunnel.
Changing twice-yearly, past exhibitions included giant photographs and scale models of old-time cabins.
There's even a workshop where I build scale models of sites where I will install my wire and perform.
The exhibit also includes 3-D scale models of the entire cave system along with a handful of the 2, 000 images that adorn the walls.
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Standing beside scale models of research stations on Mars and the moon, Miller said the project will encourage commercial ventures to follow the path NASA blazes into space.
Del Toro had filled the house with dozens of monster maquettes from his films scale models created by special-effects shops during the early design phase, allowing the imaginary to become palpable.
Skipping over the residential-friendly MakerBot Replicator, the company used a beastly industrial VX4000 3D printer to craft three 1:3 scale models of the car with a plot to blow them to smithereens.
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Each takes three to four months to create, with Doran-Webb and his team of six craftsmen working together on the process, with each sculpture springing to life from a series of initial sketches and scale models.
Some printers rely on other technologies, many of which are rooted in the world of rapid prototyping, a category of fabrication that has been around for decades and used by companies like Boeing and Ford to created scale models of concepts.
Ask them how hard it is for them to raise money, hire people, get connections and scale their models compared to business entrepreneurs.
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Now, No one is telling you the models are able to predict every minute aspect of climate, that would be impossible, but on a larger scale, the models that we use to predict, and really damned good.
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Among the items on display will be large-scale architect's models of some structures that were designed and drawn but never built.
As an entrepreneur or an enterprising employee, look everywhere for organizational models that scale innovation and see if you can adapt their structure to your profession or market sector.
Even with somebody who works in the field and understands scale, renderings and models, when they're finally next to their creation, in the form of a real Macy's balloon, it always takes their breath away.
"Today's black dolls have evolved from negative caricatures to play-scale representations of haute couture fashion models and other positive images of babies, toddlers and adult black people, " says Garrett.
As the CIO, I understood how to leverage scale and take advantage of shared services models to drive down costs and improve services levels.
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In the same way that mass production moved the locus of industry from small shops to huge factories, today's mutations have the potential to shift us away from business models based on economies of scale, asset intensification, concentration and central control.
The 3D models not only suggest that the scale of subterranean erosion is far greater than previously thought, it may also indicate whether the floods might have contributed to climate change on the planet.
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These began innocuously as a concern about floor mats that jammed the accelerator pedals of certain models and then escalated into full-scale recalls of its most popular cars, a temporary shutdown of sales and manufacturing, and government fines and legal actions.
Finally, if the models produce the desired effect, full-scale components are fabricated and tested on the track.
Pyrolising stoves are easy to construct and available models range from the portable to industrial-scale machines costing tens of thousands of dollars.
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Everyone knows how to use email and the Verizon brand gives us the confidence to know that we have a large-scale technology partner that transcends the business-as-usual models and bureaucracies typically designed to protect legacy IT vendors.
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And we haven't heard any word about how apps designed for the iPhone 5's dimensions will scale down to the 3.5-inch panels of older models.
"The Internet of Things is not about getting you more data for your bathroom scale -- it's about combining these devices with existing business models and making those models more effective, " he says.
"The new E-Series units, which are the first of many large-size VIZIO models, give consumers access to great technology on an even bigger scale, " said Matt McRae, Chief Technology Officer, VIZIO.
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In late 2007, France launched the first large-scale "feebate" (fees on inefficient cars, offsetting rebates to efficient models in the same size class).
Smaller scale solar has fit into this camp for years, though companies like Solar City have recently developed new financing models, such as leasing, to help broaden the financial support.
If a car manufacturer, say, were limited to its home market, it would have a choice between producing small quantities of a number of models and large quantities of just a few, which could be produced more cheaply thanks to economies of scale.
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