This is because software is easier to change than tools or production lines in a factory.Electronic varietyAll this means a single electronics printer could make lots of different things, cope with short production runs or knock out one-off prototypes without incurring a cost penalty.
Lately, Pininfarina has been widely praised for its styling of the Maserati Quattroporte and Granturismo models and has sustained motor-show visitors with a diet of one-off prototypes and dream cars that have always been part of the firm's tradition.
Bina48 is a one-off prototype, built by Hanson.
And at any rate, it's a one-off prototype for now, created by design studio dotdotdash, so you couldn't get one if you tried.
Chris Church, founder of MacroFab, explained that the company has a unique approach to one-off prototype orders that lets them be much less expensive than the competition.
Therefore, the typical process would be to develop a new aircraft, construct a one-off prototype, and allow test pilots to experiment with the prototype, developing maneuvers in simulated combat.
Finally, we studied the impact of reducing the size of the primary mirror for the prototype telescope and found that this comes at the cost of poorer image quality and light collection efficiency for all field angles, but at a significant cost saving for a one-off prototype.
The new rules meant that one-offs and prototypes were banned.
Why is this incredibly tight-lipped company suddenly showing off prototypes?
This policy is in place to, say, stop the sale of fake Louis Vuitton purses, but companies have been known to VeRO file claims in order to stop the sale of one-off or prototype items they do not want sold — like an iPod touch with rear-facing camera.
— Never mind the distracting one-off Testa Rossa prototypes and Shelby Cobras.
