17Another dimension

To move an object in two- or three-dimensional space.
  • Infrared computer mouse moves in space, instead of on a surface, for presentations.
  • Five-axis cutting tool can be positioned where needed.

Use a multi-story arrangement of objects instead of a single-story arrangement.
  • Cassette with 6 CD s to increase music time and variety
  • Electronic chips on both sides of a printed circuit board
  • Employees *disappear* from the customers in a theme park, descend into a tunnel, and walk to their next assignment, where they return to the surface and magically reappear.

Tilt or re-orient the object, lay it on its side.
  • Dump truck

Use 'another side' of a given area.
  • Stack microelectronic hybrid circuits to improve density.
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This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
1/5 2/29 2/37 3/5 3/7 3/10 3/30 3/31 3/32 3/38 4/6 4/32 5/1 5/7 5/22 5/31 5/33 6/21 6/22 6/39 7/5 7/31 8/14 8/37 10/3 10/19 10/35 12/25 12/32 12/39 13/14 14/8 14/13 15/5 15/39 16/30 17/19 17/21 17/22 17/26 17/36 18/25 18/34 19/13 19/34 19/35 21/2 21/6 21/17 21/35 21/38 22/5 22/6 25/6 25/12 25/18 26/13 26/17 27/5 27/33 28/33 29/31 30/3 30/16 31/3 31/5 31/7 31/29 32/3 32/4 33/3 33/5 33/18 33/27 33/36 35/10 36/13 36/17 36/18 36/39 37/3 37/5 38/3 38/5 39/6 39/18 39/36