aluminium
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The Myth of the Tin Foil Hat
Open your kitchen drawer and take out some tin foil. Twirl it into a cone – maybe even double-wrap it – and put it on your noggin. Do you feel safer yet? The tin foil hat is perhaps the most iconic headgear for conspiracy theorists. Wearing one signals to others that you’re unhinged, have a…
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Future Rolls Royce Cars Will Be Made From Aluminium
Rolls Royce is a car manufacturer with a long history, and a history of building its over-sized, super-luxury limousines solidly. The next Rolls Royce Phantom, and future Rolls Royce cars more generally, though, will use modern manufacturing techniques and the same materials used on the Tesla Model S, with an aluminium chassis and body that…
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This Japanese House Is Entirely Clad In Aluminium
Talk about tin foil hats: this house is for the truly paranoid. Sitting in a small provincial town near Tokyo, this house is clad entirely in a soft metallic coat of aluminium.
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What Is Anodising?
The lustrous patina that protects the backside of Apple’s new iPad Mini isn’t just some cheap shellac or sealant coat — it’s actually “grown” on the metal itself in an electrochemical process known as anodisation. Here’s how.