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Toys and engineering materials
This free course, Toys and engineering materials, introduces engineering in context. It explores the variation in materials and composite materials, and provides real-life examples of material use in the manufacture of
toys, and how the development of materials over time has influenced design.
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After studying this course, you should be able to:
- understand how the development of engineering materials can drive the design process
- understand how the introduction of semiconductors made a huge impact on the future of design
- understand the impact materials development has had on toy manufacture.
First Published: 24/04/2019
Updated: 03/01/2020
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