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The article offers information on the track plan of the 11 x 19-foot switching layout of the Oakland, Antioch, & Eastern Ry. in Sacramento, California. The author states that the interurban origins, short trains steep grades and minimal facilities in the place would make it suitable for developing an HO scale layout. The advantageous aspects of this design is the consideration of establishing the layout in four discrete phases. An illustration of the plan layout for the railway is presented.

The article offers information about the application of design thinking at Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) founded by David Kelley in 2005 in Palo Alto, California. Kelley aims to add the student's design thinking with his or her skill because he believes it will enable students, especially engineers, to come up with innovations. In his Entrepreneural Design for Extreme Affordability class in 2006, students from business and mechanical engineering have designed low-cost irrigation pumps for farmers in underdeveloped countries. Also, students try to understand a product user's experience through experimental prototyping, which is more of an analogy, despite designing.

Features the Ho layout design of the Surf Line model railroad in California. Layout design; Scenery; Prototype.

Presents an article about the GibbsComputer Aided Manufacturing (GibbsCAM) software technology that helped owner Tom Muggleton to expand his Cerritos, California-based Tom's Machining Service. Increase of opportunity in prototype work; Advantages in using GibbsCAM software for computer numeric controls programming; Statement from Muggleton.

A credit card that works only when it hears its owner's voice may become the new weapon against online fraud. A prototype built by engineers at Santa Monica, California-based Beepcard represents the company's latest effort to create a voice-recognition card of diminutive dimensions. The new version incorporates a microphone, a loudspeaker, a voice-recognition chip, and a battery. The owner pushes a button on the card that prompts it to ask for a password; once the password is confirmed the device uses its ID squawk to identify itself and an online server confirms it to permit a transaction. The only way thieves could possibly use the card is if they could copy the owner's voice with an extremely high degree of accuracy. Beepcard intends to use smaller chips to thin it down, as well as include a nonreplaceable battery to allow 10 transactions per day for two years.

The article presents a discussion of architecture, adapted from an interview with Blink!Lab Architecture founding principal June Grant. Topics discussed include the construction of prototypes and analysis of public data, the free data offered by the U.S. Department of Energy about energy usage at its website, and the wastewater treatment plant incorporated in the city of San Mateo, California.

The article discusses the rapid prototyping that gain new roles in humanitarian causes in Los Angeles, California. It says that rapid prototyping is known as additive manufacturing which is constructing large-scale buildings and housing via rapid prototyping methods. According to Behrokh Khosnevis, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Southern California, using an additive-manufacturing technique for constructing new buildings could provide emergency housing for victims of disasters and it could also be used for affordable housing for third-world countries. It mentions the project called Rapid Prototyping for Baghdad, or RP4Baghdad project, which aims to help civilian victims where rapid prototyping technologies can make difference between life and death.

The article offers information on affordable programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs), California's response to power deficiencies during peak hours. A team from the University of California at Berkeley, under funding from the California Energy Commission, developed the inexpensively produced and managed PCT prototype. The team created a computer-based simulation of houses to address the problem of expensive testing. The author reveals that the main difference between a normal digital thermostat and the PCT lies in the ability to communicate with utility distribution companies.

Presents information on the remodeling of Sizzler International Inc. in Antioch, California in 2004. Description of the chain restaurant; Creation of the prototype in stages; Construction cost.

The article discusses the production of prototypes of high-design lighting products from low-tech materials by Pasadena's Art Center College of Design Students. The students participated in the workshop entitled "Light, Materials and Technology." Student concepts from the summer 2009 class include luminaries made from loofah sponges, plastic bag pendant and illuminated vest.

The article reports that XCOR Aerospace is scheduled to start rocket tests for its prototype Lynx suborbital vehicle after announcing a partnership with RocketShip Tours, which will sell rides to the edge of space for $95,000. The company is also starting assembly of the Lynx Mk.1 prototype at its facility in Mojave, California, which is close to the test stand where the XR-5K18 rocket will be fired up for the first time. The rocket engine prototype will also be fired up using kerosene fuel and a liquid oxygen oxidizer.

The U.S.-based architect Daniel R. Oakley was, in his words,“ wonderful and stressed out” in February 2003 as he embarked on a European tour for his company, Oliblock. Three years ago, Oakley made the first set of Oliblocks, a prototype miniatures kit of modern shapes, in his kitchen. Now one can buy them in several countries, and they've attracted such a following that product maker Umbra Inc. signed him up to design puzzles. Oakley studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He returned to his native California in 1994 to start his own firm.

The article reports on the development of an optical chip set that could download a movie in a second. At the Optical Fiber Communication Conference in Anaheim, California, scientists from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. have introduced the prototype of an optical-transceiver chip set that transfers data at 160 Gigabytes per second, which is eight times faster than the currently available optical components in the market. Other details regarding the new chip set is discussed.

The article features the vision concept motorcycle released at Long Beach Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in California. This non-running prototype combines a number of elements. Its front is sportbike, with inverted fork and twin disk brakes. The rear is defined by a wide 250mm tire like those found on custom motorcycles, while the seating position is cruiser, and the large forward streamlined pod includes storage space for two helmets.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Let There Be LED," by Dan Koeppel in the September 2011 issue, "Winging It," by Adam Fisher, and "Think It, Build It," by Brendan I. Koerner.

The article reports that some Apple Inc. employees have lost their iPhone prototypes at bars near the company's Cupertino, California headquarters. According to the author, one Apple employee has lost an iPhone 4 prototype at Gourmet Haus Staudt, while another lost his at Cava 22. The author reports that some customers at bars around California are skeptical on whether Apple can sustain its success, while others believe that the company will come up with new technologies and remain on top.

The article focuses on the years that stimulated the development and recognition of automatic fire sprinklers. It notes that the proposal to install and maintain fire sprinklers for safety started in 1999, relative to prevalence of fires in the U.S. Meanwhile, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) commented on the efficiency of sprinklers in terms of flame prevention in 1994. It cites the field-testing of the fast-response prototype residential sprinklers in Los Angeles, California in 1979.

The article offers information on the Mercedes-Benz's supercar. It explores the hot-weather testing of the Mercedes SLC prototype in the California desert, in which it is still covered with camouflage to hide the car's true shape and features. It notes that the car is being developed and will be built by H.W.A GmbH, Mercedes' DTM racing partner. Moreover, it mentions that the concept of the car will be launched at the auto show in Geneva, Switzerland in 2010.

The article presents information on the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHASR) rifle, which remains in development with the U.S. Department of Defence's Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy in California. Prototypes of the device were unveiled in 2005, and since then, progress reports on development have been scant. The PHASR, whose sole aim is to subdue targets by temporarily dazzling them, is argued to evade the prohibitions of the United Nation's (UN) 1995 Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons.

The article reports on the Pacific Design & Manufacturing (PD&M) event in Anaheim, California, which was participated in by exhibitors that ranged from moldmaking companies producing rapid prototype tooling to rapid prototyping service bureaus and a variety of companies. Mack Prototype Inc., from custom injection molder Mack Molding Co., employs both model makers and tooling specialists in an 85,000-foot2 facility that is dedicated to rapid manufacturing. It also indicates that the event evidenced the service bureaus' return to the fore.

The article reports on the works of Ben Hindson, project leader of the point-of-care diagnostic laboratory at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. Hindson has developed prototype instruments and technologies that could detect micro-organisms in animal and human samples and could diagnose disaster victims within an hour. Moreover, Hindson asserts that his team is focused on the application and providing a solution in a short time frame.

The article provides information on the Residence Inn, a newly built hotel, by Marriot in Oceanside, California. The four story, 85,000-square-foot hotel was constructed by Irivine-based R.D. Olson Construction for $23 million while Seattle-based Johnson Braund Design Group Inc. created the hotel design. The chief executive officer of R.D. Olson, Robert Olson, stated that the hotel is newest prototype of Marriott for the extended-stay market.

The article reports on the new prototype system called ViewPoint on radio frequency identification (RFID) scanners made by Strategic Data Systems, a defense contractor in La Mesa, California. The ViewPoint RFID scanner is suitable for checking firefighters within a smoke-filled building. The new prototype system is also useful in aiding employees to track key pieces of equipment in hospitals.

The article reports that Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has chosen ViaSat Inc. in Carlsbad, California to build the satellite ground equipment for the follow-on Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below Blue Force Tracking (FBCB2-BFT) satellite network upgrade. According to the author, ViaSat will make a protoype network and terminals that are designed to raise network capacity and boost accuracy over the existing system.

The article introduces the system physical prototyping tools initiated by Javelin Design Automation Inc. in California. President and CEO, Diana Raggett, noted it was revised from the silicon virtual prototyping (SVP) tools which integrates the architectural, logical and physical integrated circuit domains providing its designers precise physical informations for key decision-making in the cycle. Its edge over SVP tools is its acceptance of incomplete data, accessibility and accurateness.

The article reports that Union Pacific Railroad Co. is testing an environmentally friendly prototype diesel locomotive and seeking bids to build 60 for use in the Los Angeles Basin area in California. This effort is part of the company's ongoing campaign to reduce air emissions. The company expects to receive 30 new low-emission. low-horsepower locomotives in 2006 and 30 in 2007.

Reports on the plan of Sanswire Networks to launch a prototype communications airship from the Edwards Air Force base near Los Angeles, California and float it to the stratosphere by the winter of 2005. Features of the planned communications airship; Other companies that are planning to launch communications airship; Estimates on the budget required for the development of the airship; Technical issues associated with the construction of a communications airship.

Presents information on a prototype of a chip that was developed by a team at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California for people suffering from macular degeneration. Ability of the chip to dispense medication; Progress of creating chips for the treatment of diseases.

When the ConvAirCar buzzed San Diego, California for more than an hour during a trial flight in November 1947, hopes rose as high as the hybrid craft itself. The 725-pound auto-plane prototype had a detachable fiberglass car body that people could drive like any other car, wrote F. Barrows Colton in the February 1948 issue of the journal "National Geographic." Like other vehicles, the flying kind could also run out of gas, which is what the ConvAirCar did on its third test flight.

The article reports on Embassy Suites Hotels' launch of its prototype Design Option III at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit held in January 2006 in Los Angeles, California. The primary benefits of the latest prototype design to developers include a scalable key count, flexible layout and lower building costs. The company has also put an emphasis on updating amenities throughout its hotels.