Comments on: Concept: Disposable laptop made from recycled paper http://liliputing.com/2009/11/concept-disposable-laptop-made-from-recycled-paper.html Compact Computing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Babaz Fauzan http://liliputing.com/2009/11/concept-disposable-laptop-made-from-recycled-paper.html#comment-47717 Babaz Fauzan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:30:57 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14543#comment-47717 keren ... keren …

]]> By: Babaz Fauzan http://liliputing.com/2009/11/concept-disposable-laptop-made-from-recycled-paper.html#comment-39594 Babaz Fauzan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:30:57 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14543#comment-39594 keren ... keren …

]]> By: Ecological Promos Blogger http://liliputing.com/2009/11/concept-disposable-laptop-made-from-recycled-paper.html#comment-31885 Ecological Promos Blogger Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:16:18 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14543#comment-31885 I agree with marklarson on this one...why design a laptop explicitly to be thrown away? It's one thing to design a cheap model that doesn't require significant investment, but one that you're "supposed" to throw away is kind of ridiculous. I agree with marklarson on this one…why design a laptop explicitly to be thrown away? It's one thing to design a cheap model that doesn't require significant investment, but one that you're “supposed” to throw away is kind of ridiculous.

]]> By: marklarson http://liliputing.com/2009/11/concept-disposable-laptop-made-from-recycled-paper.html#comment-31838 marklarson Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:42:49 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14543#comment-31838 It strikes me as interesting and a little bit vain that companies are trying to get us to recycle our phones and laptops (Samsung Reclaim and this ... ... abomination) while each time I come home from the grocery store or mall, my non-recyclable footprint increases manifold compared to buying one of these feel-good products.<br><br>How much recyclable corn-based plastic can there be in a cellphone's body and how much can they save by switching to more eco-friendly packaging in all sorts of products, things that are designed to be thrown away as soon as they get home?<br><br>The ultimate irony: An organic, eco-friendly cellphone which has its savings dwarfed by the plastic used to bring it and its accessories home. It strikes me as interesting and a little bit vain that companies are trying to get us to recycle our phones and laptops (Samsung Reclaim and this … … abomination) while each time I come home from the grocery store or mall, my non-recyclable footprint increases manifold compared to buying one of these feel-good products.

How much recyclable corn-based plastic can there be in a cellphone's body and how much can they save by switching to more eco-friendly packaging in all sorts of products, things that are designed to be thrown away as soon as they get home?

The ultimate irony: An organic, eco-friendly cellphone which has its savings dwarfed by the plastic used to bring it and its accessories home.

]]> By: tomleemullins http://liliputing.com/2009/11/concept-disposable-laptop-made-from-recycled-paper.html#comment-31798 tomleemullins Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:58:18 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14543#comment-31798 I think the idea of making it out of recycle plastic would make more sense that making it out of 'cardboard'. I agree with MonkeyKing1969. :) I think the idea of making it out of recycle plastic would make more sense that making it out of 'cardboard'. I agree with MonkeyKing1969. :)

]]> By: MonkeyKing1969 http://liliputing.com/2009/11/concept-disposable-laptop-made-from-recycled-paper.html#comment-31725 MonkeyKing1969 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:02:08 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14543#comment-31725 You could do what Je Sung Park is toyting with RIGHT NOW! Its called pressed cellulose. You just make the case out of pressed cellulose...bingo. There is even a non-flamable product to use too that is tolerant of various temperature ranges without degrading too.<br><br>I wouldn't toss it in a tub of water for very long...but who would do that to a computer anyway! <br><br>Then again any materials engineers would likely tell old Je Sung Park that various organic biodegradable substitutes for plastic exist and you could make everything in the computer even the PCBs out of such products. Thus you could make a computer out 90% corn or soybeans. You could do what Je Sung Park is toyting with RIGHT NOW! Its called pressed cellulose. You just make the case out of pressed cellulose…bingo. There is even a non-flamable product to use too that is tolerant of various temperature ranges without degrading too.

I wouldn't toss it in a tub of water for very long…but who would do that to a computer anyway!

Then again any materials engineers would likely tell old Je Sung Park that various organic biodegradable substitutes for plastic exist and you could make everything in the computer even the PCBs out of such products. Thus you could make a computer out 90% corn or soybeans.

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