prototype
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The first prototype was "built with a large engineering spring" and Reebok subsequently licensed the idea in 1999, turning it into a mass-market product sold worldwide.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
They need to be able to talk with customers, assess the ethics of new undertakings and prototype projects with a design-oriented mindset.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
In laboratory testing, a prototype chip successfully performed this type of voltage conversion with high efficiency under conditions similar to those found in modern data centers.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
Although there’s little evidence that Boone ever profited from her invention, it became the prototype of later mass-produced ironing boards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
A chain-reacting pile would be more efficient but still existed only in theory, for Fermi’s most recent prototype had produced less than one neutron per fission—a definite fizzle.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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