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News Release from: Sheffield Hallam University
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Team on 05 March 2003
Product development team measure up to
task
The product development team at Sheffield Hallam University's School of Engineering have measured up to a challenge set by a Sheffield firm specialising in interactive displays.
The product development team at Sheffield Hallam University's School of Engineering have measured up to a challenge set by AIVAF, a Sheffield firm which specialises in designing interactive displays for top museums, commercial centres and public spaces AIVAF had been approached by the Science Museum in London to build a copy of one of the museum's current exhibits for Sainsburys supermarkets, who wanted to create a new interactive learning experience for the children's creche/activity area at the company's Hazel Grove store
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The challenge was that no drawings existed for the original exhibit, and so with the help of Hallam's engineers detailed measurements of the original were taken at the museum outside of opening hours, before new technical drawings were produced.
The exhibit, known as the Grain Pit, comprises a series of conveyors, tubes, elevators and lifting devices which children can operate to move grain along a "production line".
Since its installation in the store, the Grain Pit has proven the star attraction of the activity area.
News of its success has spread overseas to the extent that AIVAF is now producing another example of the exhibit for an organisation in the USA, who will be using it as the showpiece in a new centre opening this May.
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