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Solutions obtained in the experiment include:[3][5][6]

- a new approach to the design of a vibratory microtome

- a commercial building design, accepted by the client

- space probe experiments devised to measure solar properties

- design of a linear electron accelerator beam-steering device

- engineering improvement to a magnetic tape recorder

- a chair design, modeled and accepted by the manufacturer

- a letterhead design, approved by the customer

- a mathematical theorem regarding NOR gate circuits

- completion of a furniture-line design

- a new conceptual model of a photon, which was found useful

- design of a private dwelling, approved by the client

- insights regarding how to use interferometry in medical diagnosis application sensing heat distribution in the human body




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