The play pyramid: a play classification and ideation tool for toy design by Kudrowitz, Barry Matthew, Wallace, David R.

“…Toy designers and students may benefit from a universal classification system to communicate and ideate new toy concepts. …”
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Quantifying Canine Interactions with Smart Toys Assesses Suitability for Service Dog Work by Byrne, Ceara

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Quantum Bose-Hubbard model with an evolving graph as a toy model for emergent spacetime by Lloyd, Seth, Hamma, Alioscia, Markopoulou, Fotini, Caravelli, Francesco, Severini, Simone, Markström, Klas

“…We present a toy model for interacting matter and geometry that explores quantum dynamics in a spin system as a precursor to a quantum theory of gravity. …”
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Axiomatic design of a man-machine interface for Alzheimer’s patient care by Navarro-Tuch, Sergio A., Gammack, Jack, Kang, David, Kim, Sang-Gook

“…Axiomatic thinking framework is used to develop a novel concept of “Care-Toy,” which helps caregivers of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients by providing much needed respite for themselves without compromising patients’ safety. …”
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Effect of filler mass and binding on thermal conductivity of fully filled skutterudites by Zebarjadi, Mona, Esfarjani, Keivan, Yang, Jian, Ren, Z. F., Chen, Gang

“…The relations between the thermal conductivity of cagelike structures and their crystal parameters are investigated using a two-dimensional toy model. The model consists of host atoms on a rectangular lattice with fillers at the center of each rectangle. …”
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Thermal Conductivity of Cage-Like Structures by Zebarjadi, Mona, Esfarjani, Keivan, Chen, Gang

“…A two dimensional toy model is developed to study thermal transport in cage like structures such a skutterudites and clathrates. …”
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Corrsin lecture on hairy hydrodynamics by Hosoi, Anette E.

“…In the first example I consider a toy problem of angled hairs in Couette flow. Using this simple model, I explore asymmetry in the flow and anomalous drag scaling by exploiting various limits in the parameter space. …”
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Designy: A Multimedia Platform for Supporting Student Prototyping in Product Design Education by Ramos, Joshua D., Wallace, David R.

“…Students in two product design classes – 2.00b Toy Product Design and 2.744 Product Design – were given access to Designy to aid in their project work. …”
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