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A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of the same category. The word derives from the Greek πρωτότυπον (prototypon), "archetype, original", neutral of πρωτότυπος (prototypos), "original, primitive", from πρώτος (protos), "first" + τύπος (typos), "impression".

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Aircraft dubbed 'Solar Impulse', HB-SIA prototype, flies for the first time

Pioneering solar-powered plane makes airborne hop

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said.


Researchers create cell phones for sign language

Researchers create cell phones for sign language

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that allow deaf people to communicate in sign language, the same way hearing people use phones to talk.


Ericsson developing a 'spider' computer

Ericsson developing a 'spider' computer (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ericsson has produced a prototype of a portable computer that projects the screen and keyboard, and a mock-up of a "spider" computer that will be small enough to carry in a pocket.


NEC's "Tele Scouter"

Two Retinal Imaging Display Devices at Prototype Stage

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEC and Brother are both developing wearable prototype devices that use Retinal Imaging Display (RID) technology to project images directly on the wearer's retina. NEC's gadget is designed ...


NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight (AP)

NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic.


Japanese solar car leads race Down Under

Technology / Energy

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Japan's Tokai Challenger was on Monday leading a solar car race across the harsh Australian Outback, having covered about half of the 3,000 kilometre (1,860 mile) desert course, officials said.


It Takes a Solar Village

It Takes a Solar Village

Technology / Energy

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rain didn't ruin the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. University teams successfully operated 20 net-zero, grid-connected solar power homes for a week on the National Mall. Some used ...


All-in-one computerized scheduling will make airports greener, more efficient

All-in-one computerized scheduling will make airports greener, more efficient

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new computerised approach to airport operations is being developed that will reduce delays, speed up baggage handling and decrease pollution.


Philips announces breakthrough in fully digital light detection technology

Philips announces breakthrough in fully digital light detection technology

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Royal Philips Electronics today announced that its scientists have developed a highly innovative digital silicon photomultiplier technology that will allow faster and more accurate photon (the basic quantum ...


Prototype developed to detect dark matter

Prototype developed to detect dark matter

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

A team of researchers from the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR, Spain) and the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS, in France) has developed a "scintillating bolometer", a device that the scientists will ...


Test of Futuristic X-48C is Historic Wind Tunnel's Swan Song

Test of Futuristic X-48C is Historic Wind Tunnel's Swan Song

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A historic wind tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., has been pressed into service one last time to help test the prototype of a new, more fuel-efficient, quieter aircraft ...


Hybrids getting revved

Technology / Energy

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

"Experts" have long been saying the popularity of hybrid vehicles is waning, in parallel to lower gas prices. Say it ain't so? It ain't.


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Dell developing smart phone for China Mobile

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- PC maker Dell Inc. is working on a smart phone for China Mobile Ltd., China's biggest cell phone carrier.


Researchers Set New Distance Record for Quantum Key Distribution

Researchers Set New Distance Record for Quantum Key Distribution

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum key distribution (QKD) could be the next commercial success of quantum physics, and a recent study has taken the field a step closer to this reality. Researchers from the University ...


synthetic tree

Synthetic Tree Captures Carbon 1,000 Faster Than Real Trees

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (36) | comments 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions. The device looks less like a tree and more like a small building, ...