On the design issue, the commission cited Chicago as a model, saying that it saves money by using a small number of prototype designs, even specifying color schemes.
The challenge now, following the launch of their first collection, is to see whether the commissions roll in and whether their prototype designs might be taken up by larger-scale manufacturers and outlets.
Indeed, Connecticut rail officials would not provide images of the prototype designs, which have been reviewed by focus groups, although Mr. Marie, the commissioner, mused a bit on what might work.
The prototype designs Mr. Libeskind released this month have been eclipsed by the controversy surrounding the site itself, particularly the single remaining H-shaped cellblock containing the small hospital where the hunger strikers spent their last days.
Prototype designs being studied at Ford's Scientific Research Laboratories are extremely quiet compared with mechanical clutches, and can engage gradually by slowly increasing the strength of the magnetic field.
In other reports related to the Samsung-Apple trial, The Verge has trial documents showing how Apple is refuting Samsung's claim that it copied iPhone design elements from Sony, while AllThingsD has other filings showing early prototype designs for the iPad and iPhone.
