"To develop a prototype" means to create a preliminary version or model of a product, system, or idea. It helps to test and evaluate the design before producing the final version.
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This group of researchers attempts to solve these challenges
by developing a prototype robot with a double swing dual arm mechanism and hydraulic - powered robotic hands.
Japanese scientists
developed this prototype electric fork that conveys the sensation of salt on the tongue via the food, but without the health drawbacks associated with too much sodium.
Develop prototype climate information publications, decision tools and educational materials to support adaptive decision making by relevant stakeholders.
Now entrepreneurs are putting more focus
on developing prototypes, as they show what works and doesn't, generates customer feedback and helps investors understand - and decide to fund - your vision.
Scientists who are in the process of
developing prototypes for potential new anticancer agents that selectively kill tumor cells by interfering with the regulation of intracellular pH, have found that alkaline treatments do NOT have the desired effect - but strongly acidic treatments do.13
Tessa Lau, co-founder of robotics company Savioke, said 3D printing has allowed her company to
develop prototypes in days as opposed to months.
Before going to work for NOAA, Price worked on a big challenge in computer science:
developing a prototype system that enables people to create computer programs using normal written English sentences.
Duke University researchers have
developed a prototype device that uses sound waves to separate tiny particles called exosomes from blood samples.
Built in partnership with Waves Platform, the public blockchain project designed for the launch of distributed applications had previously said in a blog post that it had struck a deal to become the NSD's technological partner, at the time, noting that it had has already
started developing a prototype.
The company has
already developed prototypes for apparel featuring biometric sensors in collaboration with Maxim Integrated and ClothingPlus.
Although the purpose of this study was to
help develop a prototype wheat bread product that might be tolerated by persons with wheat sensitivity, the results of this study seem promising for future attempts to prepare wheat in a natural way that may improve its tolerability.
With this breakthrough, the NTU team is now in talks with various industry and healthcare partners who are looking
at developing prototypes for medical and research applications.
An example is Cadillac, which
developed a prototype vehicle named the Cadillac Cyclone which used the new radar technology to detect objects in the front of the car with the radar sensors mounted inside «nose cones».
US researchers have
developed a prototype smartphone case that monitors blood pressure and could potentially offer a more accessible method of risk assessment for heart attack and strokes.
CEO & President John Van Scoter at Solar Power International 10 (SPI 10), I'll stipulate discussing eSolar's intention to use a $ 10.8 Million US Department of Energy (DOE) CSP Research and Development award with joint partner The Babcock & Wilcox Company (NYSE: BWC), spun out of McDermott International (NYSE: MDR), to evaluate and
develop a prototype molten salt based transport, generation, and thermal storage system targeting an end of 2012 stretch demonstration goal.
Argibay is helping design and
develop a prototype rotary electrical contact for wind turbines that began as a Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project.
After developing a prototype at the game jam, we've been working on the game since June 2012, but went into full - time production in January 2014.
That's why he spent $ 50 million of his own
money developing the prototypes and testing them in Third World villages, and they work, and we have to get the word out because 50 percent of all human illness is caused by waterborne pathogens.
Scientists from the University of Wollongong have
developed prototype battery cells based on sodium - ion technology, which the university says can achieve excellent cycling stability and easily be scaled up to mass production.
When developing prototypes, Glenroy took into account many key factors such as consumer demographics, where and how the product would be used by consumers, where and how the product would be stored by consumers, the product's lifecycle, the filling process, distribution methods, and retail display requirements.
We provide expertise in fine toolmaking, machining, precision finishing of products and hardening and grinding which can be used to
develop prototype instruments.
Researchers... have
developed a prototype sports bra that they say automatically tightens when it senses breast movement, offering customized support that could reduce back pain and other health problems.
This isn't mere sci - fi speculation: In a nondescript warehouse in Webster, Texas, a forward - thinking scientist is
developing a prototype rocket engine that could make space travel faster than ever before.
Mertiny is also currently working with Landmark Homes of Edmonton, through the U of A's Nasseri School of Building Science and Engineering, to
develop a prototype flywheel to store solar energy for household use.
The Department of Energy is
developing a prototype modular reactor at its Savannah River site in Georgia, and Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are also considering modular plants.
A movement for full electrification of passenger railways is also emerging, which has thus far been hindered by the extravagant cost of infrastructure — $ 6 million to $ 8 million per mile, says Arnold Miller, president of Vehicle Projects, a
company developing prototype fuel - cell vehicles.
While one
subgroup developed a prototype of a vacuum - powered ball grabber, another worked out an articulated chassis that could climb a six - inch - high platform — one of the obstacles on the playing field — like an inchworm scaling a leaf.
Fraunhofer researchers have
developed prototype software to show grid operators how many electric vehicles can be connected to their local grid.
The CSIRO's chemicals and polymers division in Melbourne joined with the Sydney Water Board and the engineering firm Davy John Brown to
develop the prototype plant.
Extensive series of tests have yielded results that are now being used to
develop a prototype cooling circuit that will be used to further increase the efficiency of the process.