The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games expected to hand out 5,000 medals to winners of Olympic and Paralympic events. And they want to use recycled materials to make those metals. So they’re calling on Japanese residents to donate old smartphones and other gadgets so that the metal from those devices can be recycled. […]
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2020 Tokyo Olympics medals may be made from old phones, other e-waste
Now that the Rio Olympics have ended, we have four years to wait to find out whether Usain Bolt is really done competing in Olympic events, whether Simone Biles will be as impressive at age 23 as she has been at age 19, and if there’s any chance Michael Phelps will still be going for gold […]
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Google’s Android and iOS apps feature 7 Olympics-themed mini games
The Google app for Android and iOS is generally designed to let you search the web. But between now and August 21st you can also use it to play 7 mini-games inspired by the Olympics. Just fire up the Google app and click the Google Doodle to open a list of available games. They’re each […]