Phillips became known for the "fade away, in which the main figures' clothing is the same color as the background, allowing the elements to partially blend.

A ewe-necked horse is exceedingly unpleasant either to ride or drive, for the neck, low set on, instead of being nicely arched, and thus affording a proper resting-place for the bit on the bars of the mouth, is carried straight out, and the head high, and such horses are in the habit of throwing up their heads suddenly […]

In the article published by Goodrich and Orr, validation of autoscoring capabilities of the device was compared against manual scoring of PSG.

An unusual, but not unheard of, setup called bird nesting is when children stay in the house and the parents take turns moving in and out.