The patient's new windpipe, or trachea, was made from a special plastic material and her own cells.
On the bottom you'll find a plastic material that allows for better reception without worrying about interference.
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The extruder is designed specifically for use with MakerBot PLA, a new plastic material based on corn, that Bre Pettis claims wont expand when exposed to the heat -- which means it wont contract when it cools, leading to smoother printed objects and less cracking.
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Among them, Jiangsu Shuangxing Color Plastic New Material lost down 55%.
These printers use something like a toothpaste tube of plastic or other material held vertically in an X-Y plotter that squirts out thin layers of tiny dots of material that build up, layer by layer, to produce a 3D replica of the computer-generated design.
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Metal cans use up more raw material than plastic pouches do, and they require more energy to transport.
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These included a trend for plastic bottles and packaging material being found.
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But when you look a little closer, you see dozens of men in white hazmat suits stuffing soiled material into plastic bags, which are then piled onto all-terrain vehicles and taken off the beach.
The R830 looks the same, though it has a strip on the edge of the lid that looks like it's made of magnesium alloy, but is actually plastic -- a material that's expected to improve the signals of the the various antennae housed underneath it.
Pylantis makes a new plastic using plants, clay and other material, developed over more than 10 years by Michio Komatsu, a pioneer in plastic injection molding.
The technology works by building up layer upon layer of material - typically plastic - to build complex solid objects.
As a result, it is necessary to collect only a single type of plastic to ensure the desired material properties.
This is done by encasing them in a thin film of biodegradable material, such as a special plastic.
Piles and piles of plastic bottles, bags, Styrofoam, packaging material and other household trash can be seen as a permanent fixture.
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The cells that make the structures that hold tissues together are injected into a "bioreactor, " really a specially designed plastic box filled with netting made of suture material.
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Between sewing together old wetsuit material and drilling holes in raw plastic, Woodman was constantly trolling online and at trade shows for a camera he could modify and license as his own.
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The rear of the phone is made with a glossy material that is reflective, like plastic chrome (think Sony Ericsson Z610i, then scale up the beauty) that really bumps this already classy device up a few notches.
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Lucent Polymers then transformed the boom material into the physical state necessary for plastic die-mold production.
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The team collected 16, 000 gallons of recyclable material on campus which included paper, plastic, aluminum and cardboard.
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Recycling the scraps of material donated by clothing factories and sculpting plastic bottles donated by residents of the community into packaging, are not only environmentally friendly, but financially benefit to the company.
It combines a strand of standard plastic with a layer made from a "smart" material that can absorb water.
By replacing the opaque plastic "tray" inside the CD case with clear material, for example, Shindo has been able to utilize even that tiny space.
Friel also pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing for a terrorist purpose an eye shield and visor, a mini rotary tool kit, drill bits, a heat gun, various tools and electrical material, berets, worksuits, gloves, plastic boxes, Bentley electronic timer instructions, batteries and duct tape on the same date.
With glass as well as plastic in mind you might want to look into another raw material, soda ash.
In the meantime, Lowry hopes to expand ocean plastic to other product lines and increase the amount of ocean material in the recycling mix.
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Instead, the carbon fibre is shipped to SGL Automotive's German factory in Wackersdorf, where a thermoplastic material is injected to bind them together into reinforced plastic sheets.
The work is in partnership with brewing company SAB Miller (Coors Lite, MDG64 etc), and has the goal is developing a new nano-material that will help preserve the amber stuff (in plastic bottles) for longer in stores or homes.
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The only plastic objects that can not now be recycled are heavily contaminated items, such as paint pots and plastic products, such as carrier bags, coal sacks, and clear material used to seal food containers.
Even complex plastic packages are separated into their different plastic types and then sold off to a suitable customer who will reuse the material.
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