Now, 3D printing is adding a tangible element to the mix.
"He told us that he prays for survivors every day," Father Connolly said, "and now he has a tangible element".
As the first tangible element of the Freedom Tower -- and, by extension, the trade center redevelopment -- and as an image seen nationwide on Independence Day, the cornerstone sent an aesthetic signal of intent.
In fact, we live in a culture that encourages you to focus on the tangible elements of the big day, helping your daughter plan the "perfect" wedding with the illusory belief that mastering the right details will lead to a meaningful and joyous occasion.
Marshall is fascinated by physical, tangible elements of music and of life — even the album title, "The Ooz," is a reference to the hair, nails, snot, and crud that our body creates.
In democratic societies — unlike the entire Arab world — a politician or national leader behaves according to several impulses: the intangible element of character, or charisma, and the very tangible elements of political self-interest and raw national political cost-benefit analyses.
Some 53 users evaluated the tangible elements of 28 library information desks.
Filtering on the primary code "sustainability," data were further inductively coded, which produced three secondary codes: (1) tangible elements of sustainability, (2) peripheral elements of sustainability, and (3) factors associated with sustainability.
Direct-touch participants were nearly twice as likely as mouse participants to mention tangible elements of the room as instrumental in making their decision (56% of touchscreen responses vs. 32% of mouse responses, χ p<0.01).
In addition to the tangible elements of health systems, Sheikh et al. [ 21] argue that 'software', such as values, norms, and power, that " guide actions and underpin the relationships amongst system actors and elements are also critical to overall health system performance".
