Rapid prototyping is a development method that may or may not be e ective in improving software products and process. Assessing the e ectiveness of rapid prototyping requires empirical data. We analyze 39 published and unpublished \real world" case studies of the use of rapid prototyping for developing software products. By identifying e ects mentioned in multiple sources, we are able to extrac...

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We present a method for dynamic manipulation and interchanging of tangible objects in a spatial augmented reality environment for use in rapid prototyping. We call this method MagManipulation. This method improves on existing methods in several ways: allows for the use of abstract and non-uniform curves, allows for ease of manipulation on non-tabletop like surfaces, allows for interchangeable t...

A laser technology for fabricating microelectromechanical components has been developed. Using a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with optional frequency doubling, bulk silicon wafers, silicon membranes, and thin-films deposited on different substrates are micromachined without using lithography-based technologies. Applications are for example rapid prototyping or small lot production of micromechanical...

Rapid manufacturing facilitated customization C. J. Tuck a , R. J. M. Hague a , M. Ruffo a , M. Ransley b & P. Adams b a Rapid Manufacturing Research Group , Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University , Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK b Martin Baker Aircraft Company Limited, Higher Denham , Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB9 5AJ, UK Published online: 25...

We present Alto, a rapid prototyping tool for new grammar formalisms. Alto implements generic but efficient algorithms for parsing, translation, and training for a range of monolingual and synchronous grammar formalisms. It can easily be extended to new formalisms, which makes all of these algorithms immediately available for the new formalism.

Conventional wisdom has maintained that while LISP is suitable for the development of experimental software, it does not support production-quality systems well. This report describes a building-block approach where a complex system (an intelligent Chinese language tutor) was built in a LISP environment out of a series of powerful tools. The resulting system does not in any way sacrifice perfor...