Last Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the much anticipated tablet computer he calls the iPad. The 9.7-inch multitouch tablet is priced at $499 for the 16GB model that uses WIFI, while the high end 64 GB version, which connects with both Wi-Fi and 3G, comes with a price tag of $829.
The war between erstwhile [...]
Entries from January 2010
Apple and Google Tech War Equals A Deluge of E-Waste?
January 29th, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: Computer Recycling
How To Erase Data From Your Cell Phone Before Shipping It For Recycling
January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: Cell Phone Recycling
RecycleBank Reinvents Recycling
January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The traditional waste management 3r’s mantra: reduce, reuse, recycle has just gotten a makeover of sorts – thanks to RecycleBank, an internationally-recognized company that has taken a new approach to recycling. RecycleBank’s spin on the 3r’s? Recycle, redeem, reward!
Tags: Recycling
100 Shipping Containers Recycled Into Student Housing in France
January 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments
I’ve seen shipping containers used as tourist accomodations in a wakeboarding facility in the Philippines, but this upcycling proposal, dubbed project Crou by Olgga Architects in France takes the prize in innovative recycling of shipping containers.
Tags: Recycling
Optimus Prime Recycled
January 27th, 2010 · Comments Off
For those familiar with the oddities at Ripley’s museum, life-sized action figures made from discarded materials isn’t exactly new. This 14-foot Optimus Prime statue created by a Taiwanese DIYer from recycled material, however, is special.
EPA Launches Video Competition To Promote Recycling
January 27th, 2010 · Comments Off
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a video competition “to raise awareness of the connection between the environment and the ’stuff’ people use, consume, recycle, and throw away.” The competition, called “Our Planet, Our Stuff, Our Choice,” aims to promote awareness of recycling, composting, consumption and environmental footprint, and the three R’s – [...]
Tags: Recycling
Donate Cell Phones and Rock The Earth
January 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments
In the United States today, over one billion obsolete or used cell phones are kept hidden in drawers and lockers long after the owners forgot about those old devices. Every year, more than one hundred million mobile phones are replaced by users – less than twenty percent of these units are recycled or sent back [...]
Tags: Cell Phone Recycling · Donate Cell Phones
What The iPhone 4G Might Look Like
January 15th, 2010 · Comments Off
It’s been a while since Apple launched the iPhone 3G and Apple fans worldwide are growing restless in their wait for the next big thing that comes out of Apple. Ok, the new tablet PC is coming out in Q2 (probably), but what about the next generation dataphone? For some reason, since we posted the [...]
Tags: Cell Phone Technology
Handcrafted Green Computer By Design Hara
January 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The top-notch computer designers today all have come up with sleek modern designs to their PCs, laptops, and Macs. But few have designed computers that are both environmentally-friendly and cater to the individualistic tastes of those who have grown weary with mass-produced devices that our information society has to offer. Seoul-based Design Hara’s green computer [...]
Tags: Clean Technology
E-Waste Recycling Law Goes Into Effect in Oregon
January 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments
A new e-waste recycling law in Oregon which took effect January 1, 2010 now requires manufacturers of computer CPUs, laptops, computer monitors, and television sets to provide free recycling services for these used, broken, or obsolete electronic items. Anyone can bring in seven or less of these items to any of the 220 Oregon E-Cycles [...]
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