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The “dark horse” assignment was added in January 2000 to help preserve ambiguity (keep the design solution space from shrinking too fast). It asks teams specifically to invest some time on a prototype that uses a concept or technology that they did NOT seriously consider in the Fall.

Defined as: Build and/or test a "dark horse" concept or technology that was identified as potentially promising, but not focused on during the fall. It should be an alternative to the more "standard" or "obvious" approach.

Developments in (global) project-based design education Mark R. Cutkosky Mechanical Engineering Design Division Stanford University

http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/~cutkosky/Japan2000/310_PBL-TMIT.ppt