Everything about Prototype
Early sample or model built to test a concept or process
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and software programming. A prototype is generally used to evaluate a new design to enhance precision by system analysts and users. Prototyping serves to provide specifications for a real, working system rather than a theoretical one. Physical prototyping has a long history, and paper prototyping and virtual prototyping now extensively complement it. In some design workflow models, creating a prototype is the step between the formalization and the evaluation of an idea. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PrototypeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: FedProto: Federated Prototype Learning across Heterogeneous ClientsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: SprintThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Millimeter-wave beamforming as an enabling technology for 5G cellular communications: theoretical feasibility and prototype resultsCited 2,485 times
- Go sideways: MockupA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Software prototypingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
Noun An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
Noun A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
Noun An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Millimeter-wave beamforming as an enabling technology for 5G cellular communications: theoretical feasibility and prototype results
Prototype systems for rechargeable magnesium batteries
Emotion knowledge: Further exploration of a prototype approach.
New calcium indicators and buffers with high selectivity against magnesium and protons: design, synthesis, and properties of prototype structures
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness
Distinct BH3 domains either sensitize or activate mitochondrial apoptosis, serving as prototype cancer therapeutics
The Intestinal Crypt, A Prototype Stem Cell Compartment
Mechanism of tumor-targeted delivery of macromolecular drugs, including the EPR effect in solid tumor and clinical overview of the prototype polymeric drug SMANCS
🆕 Influential since 2022
FedProto: Federated Prototype Learning across Heterogeneous Clients
Cross-domain landslide mapping from large-scale remote sensing images using prototype-guided domain-aware progressive representation learning
Elucidating the Structural Evolution of O3-type NaNi 1/3 Fe 1/3 Mn 1/3 O 2 : A Prototype Cathode for Na-Ion Battery
Modulus adaptive lubricating prototype inspired by instant muscle hardening mechanism of catfish skin
Thermal management of chips by a device prototype using synergistic effects of 3-D heat-conductive network and electrocaloric refrigeration
📚 Books worth reading
SprintJake Knapp, John Zeratsky · 2001
Electronic project design and fabricationRonald A. Reis · 1989
PrototypingEric Cook · 2015- 📕Rapid Prototyping and Engineering ApplicationsFuewen Frank Liou · 2019
Laser-induced materials and processes for rapid prototypingL. Lü, Li Lü · 2001
FabNeil Gershenfeld, Neil A. Gershenfeld · 2005
Beginning ArduinoMichael McRoberts · 2010- 📕Assessment to Enhance Air Force and Department of Defense Prototyping for the New Defense StrategyNorman M. Haller, Planning Committee for a Workshop on Assessment to Enhance Air Force and Department of Defense Prototyping for the New Defense Strategy · 2013
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🔗 Related topics
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