In the past, according to Mr Green, the surface material has been too lattice-like (and thus dangerous) for proper skiing, but a British engineer has solved this.

格林先生说，以前这种表面材料晶格特征过于明显(因而很危险)而不利于滑雪。但是一个不列颠工程师解决了这个问题。

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“You only put material where you need to have material,” says Andy Hawkins, lead engineer on the EADS project. The parts his team is making are more svelte, even elegant.

EADS项目的总工程师，安迪.霍金斯说：“原材料只为用来生产所需要的产品”，他的团队生产出的部件更加精细，轻盈。

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Using a single material for two functions has great potential for carmakers, says Per-Ivar Sellergren, a senior engineer at Volvo's material Laboratory in Gothenburg.

使用单一材料达到两种功能对汽车制造商来说拥有广阔的潜力，这么说的佩尔·伊瓦尔·塞勒·格伦是沃尔沃在哥德堡的材料实验室的一名高级工程师。

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Using a single material for two functions has great potential for carmakers, says Per-Ivar Sellergren, a senior engineer at Volvo's Material Laboratory in Gothenburg.

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Scientists have been trying to find ways to control material properties for a long time, says Paul Lagace, an aeronautical and astronautical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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