Chrysler, which has used both Tecnomatix's and Dassault's tools, says that a decade ago it took five years to get from the concept to the production of a new car.

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For while terroir may be a debatable concept when it comes to the production of wine, there is no disputing its power as a marketing tool.

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In thirty years, our obsessive application of this concept narrowly to fossil fuels and CO2 production will seem as misguided as a nineteenth century fixation on conserving whale oil and cleaning up horse manure in the city streets.

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The Moody Blues, who got their start in Birmingham, England, turned out some of the first concept albums and were innovators in studio production techniques.

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That concept of 'merchandise on demand' turns the idea of mass production on its head, but British Web site Kings of Neon takes the idea one stage further.

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Segel and Nicholas Stoller pitched the concept in 2008 for a Muppets film to Disney Executive Vice President of Production Kristin Burr.

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Someone, or a group of people, at Cars.com saw the concept and green lighted it for production.

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Before I get into detail, allow me a short disclaimer: The hardware I played with was a prototype, not a finished production model, and the games I played with were essentially proof of concept demos, not necessarily software under development.

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The SLYDE concept enables an infinite variety of virtual mechanical movements without being subject to the constraints of real-life production.

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