Transforming biology into an engineering practice, decoupling design from fabrication and speeding the biological design, build, test cycle is how DARPA proposes to tackle this problem.
Due to efficiency improvements, the 2013 Nissan LEAF is expected to offer improved range, with testing on the EPA test cycle to be announced closer the vehicle's on-sale date.
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The court heard how he had entered the machine to remove a piece of equipment but, simultaneously, a colleague at the other end of the press started a full test cycle.
The fuel economy mileage that appears on window stickers of new vehicles is calculated through a test that puts a vehicle through a standardized drive cycle designed by the EPA. The EPA then relies on auto manufacturers to conduct the test, and certifies that the vehicles have been tested.
For the moment Spain, too, is caught in a cycle of decline that will test its commitment to the euro.
So both sides will be test-driving their main themes for the next political cycle.
It once took 85 days on average to turn around a product test, an eternity for a manufacturer with a short product cycle.
The Lean Startup approach essentially attempts to help entrepreneurs identify and test their key hypotheses about a business by radically shortening the development cycle using what Eric has labeled a minimum viable product.
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On one test, however, the conditions are clearly not right: Britain is near the top of its economic cycle, while the big continental economies are only part of the way up.
For instance, game-making is iterative: it is possible to market-test a game and then modify it, and to do so repeatedly during the game's development cycle something that is not really possible with a film.
The real test of an airlines strength is not how well it does in boom times but how well it does over a cycle.
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