2009年2月28日 星期六

prototype, Digital Prototyping

A prototype with large headphones.

A prototype of Walkman with large headphones.


  巨人會接快速球。赫曼米勒公司還有個巨人名為派普‧耐吉克爾克(Pep Nagelkirk),他也許是我所知最有才華的模型製造師。他在赫曼米勒服務了三十五年。他在將構想與草圖轉譯為原型(prototype)方面,具有特殊的才能。在我們推動的每一個新設計計畫中,他都是不可或缺的一環。他是個快速球的捕手。

prototype原型;試作;雛型;標準型態

(日本)プロトタイプ【prototype 設計試作。原型。基本型

v. tr. - 打樣板

prototype 為實驗。研究用的少数產品模型(engineering prototypes 工程原型;  可以整廠:核能(原子能)prototype plant原型廠)。

A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of some thing serving as a typical example, basis, epitome, or standard for other things of the same category.

A first or original model of hardware or software. Prototyping involves the production of functionally useful and trustworthy systems through experimentation with evolving systems. Generally, this experimentation is conducted with much user involvement in the evaluation of the prototype.

電子計算機 prototype construction 原型結構; prototype context 原型上下文;prototype design 原型設計 prototype installation 原型安裝  prototypes & design detailing 造型設計 

national prototype meter 國有公尺原器 

卓越的聲音品質提升聾人和聽力障礙者的生活品質
2009/02/28 07:20
加州聖拉菲爾, 2月27日 /美通社-PR Newswire/ -- 歐特克公司 (Autodesk) 已經委任 Cochlear Ltd 旗下部門、開發和制定可植入聽力解決方案領域的全球領導者 Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions 作為其2009年2月的 Inventor of the Month。

Cochlear 成功採用了 Autodesk Inventor 軟體來開發一個 Baha(骨錨式助聽器)骨導聽力解決方案的數碼原型。該 Baha 系統採用直接骨導,向耳蝸這個內耳的聽覺中心傳輸聲音。這種方法的優點是繞過外耳和中耳(可能被閉塞、受損或損傷)向內耳轉遞聲音振動。因此,有聽力減弱 症狀的個人可以在日常環境下,如電話會議和小組會議,體驗到更加清晰的聲音。

Inventor of the Month 計畫從廣泛使用 Autodesk Inventor 軟體的社區中挑選最有創意的設計和工程進展。Autodesk Inventor 軟體是歐特克數位化樣機 (Digital Prototyping) 解決方案的基礎。數碼原型是一種針對整個終端產品的逼真 3D 數字仿真,該終端產品是用於產品成型之前對其進行設計、視覺化和類比,能夠減少構建實體原型的必要性。

消息來源 歐特克公司
Distributor : 美通社-PR Newswire


in-residence, in place

The Washington Post leads (and ends) with President Barack Obama's announcement that the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq has a date: August 2010, with a third of current troop levels to remain in place through 2011.


in place

1. In the appropriate or usual position or order. For example, With everything in place, she started the slide show. [Mid-1500s] Also see put someone in his or her place.
2. In the same spot, without advancing or retreating, as in While marching in place, the band played six more numbers.

駐校專家

近幾年,台灣的大學開始風行「駐校作家-詩人-企業家」制。譬如說,駐校高管(executive-in-residence)……

這在西方的說法為:

in residence
Committed to live and work in a certain place, often for a specific length of time. For example, He loved being the college's poet in residence. This expression, dating from the 1300s, originally referred to ecclesiastical clerics whose presence was required in a specific church. It was extended to other appointments in the mid-1800s.
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in-res•i•dence
adj.
Associated in an official, specified position with an organization such as a university or college. Often used in combination: artist-in-residence.


Writer-in-Residence
In 2007-08 the Writer-in-Residence Program at the University of Alberta enters
its 32nd year of existence and is the longest lasting program of its kind in ...

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其實,我相信中國11世紀的朱熹等書院,也可能有類似的制度和名稱。待查。

日文:in-residence
━━ a. ((名詞の後で)) (本業とは別の資格で)在住している.


The term Executive Residence is used to describe the central building of the White House Complex located between the East Wing and West Wing. This

prop sth up, compensation plan(pay packages )

Broadcast networks still bring in the largest audiences, but now they are facing a deep advertising recession that is hitting both the networks and their local stations. Cable networks have also been affected by the ad slump, but those businesses are propped up by subscriber fees.




President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner plan to announce the executive compensation plan on Wednesday morning at the White House.
The new rules come amid rising public fury about huge pay packages for executives at financial companies being propped up by federal tax dollars.


The government's measures are aimed at propping up a sector that has suffered greatly as the global credit crisis has frozen the credit markets the banks rely on for funding.


Taiwan moves again to prop up stocks.


台湾株式市場・大引け=続落、銀行株が下げて値を消す
ロイター
台湾当局が週末にかけて一連の株価支援策を発表 したことが好感され 3.23%安で終了した。同株の下落に圧迫され、銀行 株指数も0.52%安と *この記事の詳細はこの後送信します。新しい記事は見 出しに「UPDATE」と表示します。 記事中の企業の関連情報は、各コード ...

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prop sth up phrasal verb [M]
1 to lift and give support to something by putting something under it:
He was sitting upright in his hospital bed, propped up by pillows.
There were the usual bunch of drinkers propped up at (= leaning against) the bar.

2 to give support to something, especially a country or organization, so that it can continue to exist in a difficult situation:
How long is the government likely to survive without the US military force there to prop it up?

microbicide

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

Finding a microbicide is one of the thorniest problems in AIDS research.


microbicide顯示/隱藏例句

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n. (名詞 noun)
  1. 殺菌劑

harbour (HAVE IN MIND)

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal lead with the latest numbers out from the Commerce Department--which douse any hopes one might have harbored for a near-term recovery--and their implications for a stimulus plan that relies on much rosier projections.


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harbour (HAVE IN MIND) UK, US harbor Show phonetics
verb [T]
to have in mind a thought or feeling, usually over a long period:
He's been harbouring a grudge against her ever since his promotion was refused.
There are those who harbour suspicions about his motives.
Powell remains non-committal about any political ambitions he may harbour.

bargaining power, unemployment


The Los Angeles Times leads with the local angle on the fiasco; California's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in January, well over the national average of 7.6 percent.


bargaining power
noun [C or U]
the ability of a person or group to get what they want:
Rising unemployment has diminished the bargaining power of people with jobs.




The bargaining power of these architects is buttressed by the spike in popular appreciation for architecture as an art form. “Architecture is one of the many expressions of the culture of the time,” said Wim de Wit, the Getty Research Institute’s curator of architectural collections. “It is as important as a literary archive or the archives of artists.”

(2 to make support for an idea or argument stronger by providing a good reason for it:
The arguments for change are buttressed by events elsewhere.)



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unemployed Show phonetics
adjective
not having a job that provides money:
He's been unemployed for over a year.

unemployed Show phonetics
plural noun
people who do not have a job that provides money:
There are now over four million unemployed in this country.
Tickets are £10 or £5 for the unemployed.

unemployment Show phonetics
noun [U]
1 the number of people who do not have a job which provides money:
Unemployment has fallen/risen again for the third consecutive month.

2 the state of being unemployed


matriculating

By JANE MARGOLIES

The ivy-covered buildings that attract prospective applicants also make schools of higher education enticing for those with no interest in matriculating.



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to be formally admitted to study at a university or college

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noun [C or U]