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Prototyping / Innovation

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Cooper, Brian 
Learning to Drive the Mars Rovers

3-D simulations and a months-long apprenticeship teach trainees to drive the Mars exploration rovers.

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Schultz, Johanna 
Featured Invention: Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron

Nanotechnology is the key to a better way of leaching toxic chemicals from the environment.

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Woodward, Hugh 
Unexpected Delays Equal a Chance to Innovate

When a priority project suddenly faces cancellation, a team avoids discouragement and uses the delay to test their ideas and improve the design.

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Forsgren, Roger 
Practices: The Innovation Report — The ICB: Recognizing and Rewarding Innovation

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Cameron, W. Scott
An Old Dog and New Tricks

In mentoring, one gets to challenge his or her assumptions about project management. Prototypes can be used as a strategy to mitigate risk.

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Tibbitts, Scott 
As Small As Possible

Competition is a powerful motivator — as is personal pride — which can elicit creative solutions.

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Rivellini, Tommaso P.
Dropping in on Mars

Prototypes focus attention on the most essential characteristics of a problem. To develop innovative products, you must test tenaciously in the spite of repeated failures.

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Hoffman, Dr. Edward 
Playing with Prototypes

Coupled with the serious nature of work is the joy that comes from playing with a prototype or model.

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Bauer, Jeffrey 
Proof of Concept

Ideas can be tested and verified quickly by prototyping, before an extensive commitment of resources. A good prototype has the power to communicate more convincingly than any analysis.

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Little, Terry 
Prototyping "Rope-a-Dopes" and Other Pitfalls

People have misused prototyping at least as often as they have used it wisely..

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Lawrence, Dr. Craig 
Right-Rapid-Rough

Use all your senses to attack a problem. In design work, embrace failure as a means to ultimate success.

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Gonzalez, Steven A.
Smart Buying

Prototyping can be a key management and communication tool. Using the products of different vendors allows the user to refine his or her objectives.

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Jansen, Michael 
Garage-Style Engineering

Prototyping early and often helps management see the potential of a concept.

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Witcher, Kern 
Rapid Prototyping

Rapid prototyping success depends on a significant amount of customer input.

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