That is why a slightly noisier alternative design by the same researchers that is even more fuel-efficient shows most promise.
An alternative design developed in South Korea, which clocks flight time rather than number of rotations, seems plagued by problems.
Many companies want to use alternative materials and design, but the bottom line is cost.
Whereas REDFLY is a smartphone companion, Peek is a smartphone alternative featuring a slim design and a commitment to simplicity that borders on obsession.
The design is a modern alternative to the town's current cramped and outdated hospital, which was built in 1813.
But the heat-driven Stirling engine design opens up possibilities for alternative fuels.
Providing an alternative, even more discreet and resilient design that further reinforces the classic nature of the M9, the M9-P specifically meets the needs of professional photographers.
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The alternative-culture blog Boing Boing revamped its design in honor of Jobs to resemble retro Macintosh software.
The astronomy community has a long history of descriptive yet fairly unimaginative names - including the VLA itself, the Very Large Telescope in Chile, and the yet-to-be-built European Extremely Large Telescope (the design for which was chosen over the alternative Overwhelmingly Large Telescope).
In 2005, the society ran a design workshop with students from Nottingham University to come up with alternative ideas to demolition and produced some genuinely practical and workable architectural solutions.
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Alternative Organic Wine commissioned a super-green wine bottle from The Creative Method, an Australian design firm.
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It was a revolutionary way of outsourcing graphic design work and, quite literally, dozens of times better than the next best alternative.
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Intel's participation in Comcast's Reference Design Kit program is also referenced, although given Big Cable's traditional reluctance regarding alternative delivery models, any sort of tie-in here seems like a long shot to us.
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