• Question: Do you use left over materials to make your inventions?

    Asked by Emily G to Chris, Gina, Jack, Laura, Tom, Yetty on 16 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Tom Rooney

      Tom Rooney answered on 16 Jun 2017:

      Oh yes – most inventions come from people tinkering with bits and bobs in the workshop. Trevor Bailis invented the wind up radio in his shed from bits of a clock and bike dynamo. I used to take my things apart to see how they worked when I was a kid, but often couldn’t put them back together again, so I had lots of bits lying around my bedroom that I would make other things out of.

    • Photo: Yetunde Kolawole

      Yetunde Kolawole answered on 16 Jun 2017:

      Hi Emily,

      Right now, I don’t because I am working mainly in research. But when I worked on the field, yes! Even my favourite project, I made it mostly from scrap material.

    • Photo: Laura Walker

      Laura Walker answered on 19 Jun 2017:

      Yes, we use it for trials and prototypes – or sometimes for brackets and mounts inside of our AHU’s

    • Photo: Gina Schade

      Gina Schade answered on 20 Jun 2017:

      Hi Emily,

      We don’t get many left over materials from building cameras because all the parts come in exact and precise amounts. We do get scrapped circuit boards sometimes and I made a coaster for my desk out of one haha. I’ve also used tools at my work to fix or upgrade my own electronic devices 🙂

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