Material Practice MSc 2017-18

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Research: Making a camera from aluminium sheets.

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Ultrasonic micro-explosions can harvest gold from old SIM cards

We waste $22 billion in gold from electronics that are tossed out instead of recycled. A new technique uses ultrasound to harvest that precious metal from SIM cards

Research: Harvesting gold from sim cards

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Duncan Herd squashing HDPE.

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Research: 3D printed steel bridge by MX3d

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Research: school in Fife

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Research: Using the control panel on Scott’s kiln.

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26/3/18 - Dragged this old washing machine out and considering stripping it down at MatPrac

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26/3/18 - Absolutely thrilled to be allowed to take away the waste plastic from McDonald’s for testing.

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26/3/18 - Bought accessories from the gallery beadshop to turn the star I made from Gary’s waste PLA into an earring.

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26/3/18 - 3 coloured plates, melted stages.

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26/3/18 - Scott’s kiln. I’ll be using this to melt PLA

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26/3/18 - Building the dome requires precise measurements.

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21/3/18 - Another tray. Lighter colours this time.

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21/3/18 - This one glows

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21/3/18 - The children thought the jigsaw was incredible, however it was very difficult. With just 60 pieces it still took Beverley 4 hours to complete.

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21/3/18 - Starting to screw together the geodesic dome structure