Different reports estimate how long it took the Facebook team to redesign to prototype stage.

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At the moment, the gum is in the prototype stage, and the technology behind it awaits approval from Britain's Food Safety Authorities.

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Crazy rumors like Samsung shipping a phone with a bendable screen (which never had a chance of being true because the technology is barely out of the prototype stage), of course, proved false.

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It's essentially the marriage of an Xbox 360-style GamePad to a 5-inch screen, all powered by NVIDIA's brand new Tegra 4 mobile CPU. But the device's origins aren't quite as glamorous as its form, even in prototype stage.

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Then we enter a prototype stage.

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Although it's currently just in the proof-of-concept, prototype stage (like, it still needs to be plugged into the wall, making it less than ideal for outdoor applications), future versions of the project will sport batteries (of course), sensors for monitoring water quality, cameras for peeping stuff, and even bacteria for breaking down pollutants (think: Exxon Valdez).

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So the angel boom is definitely a boon for venture capital funds which are seeing a large flow of prototype-stage investment opportunities.

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Unfortunately, because the unit we handled was an early-stage prototype, it wasn't actually functioning as it should, but MSI says the display would allow for touch input, since the primary 17.3-inch (1080p) screen will be non-touch.

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Now, before you read on, do bear in mind that some of its features -- especially the OS -- may not make it to the final design when it comes out later this year, nor do we know what stage this prototype was at.

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At this stage the Airwash is a concept prototype but she believed it could one day become a commercial reality.

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That all changed today when a world's first working, Moorestown prototype (which we think is the device above) hit the stage at Intel's Taipei, Developer Forum in the familiar hands of Anand Chandrasekher.

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