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Posted by core jr | 2 Feb 2009
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Think Frank Gehry meets Michael Dell! The Recompute Sustainable Desktop Computer submitted by Brenden Macaluso forgoes the typical injection-molded plastic housing in favor of a layup of corrugated cardboard die-cut slices. Here's the pitch:
Rather than making a large tower constructed from numerous materials (ABS plastic, aluminum, steel, etc.), hundreds of manufacturing processes, and dozens of individual components, the Recompute case is made of corrugated cardboard (recyclable and renewable). There are four low-impact manufacturing processes to assemble Recompute: Die cutting, gluing (with non-toxic white glue), printing and electronic assembly. Recompute uses only three major electronic components: A motherboard with processor & memory, power supply, and a hard drive.
Worried that it'll get too hot in there? Brenden's got a snappy answer for you: "The corrugation works as the ventilation for Recompute." Cleh-ver.
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It looks amazing, but the case is the least of your worries when building a computer. A metal case may be the only poison free and recyclable part of the whole computer anyways. I guess it could cut down on packaging though....
Very cool concept, but it could never be legally marketed. The metal casing provides electromagnetic compliance and interference shielding. At a minimum, the interior of the case would need to be lined with a metal foil, wire mesh, or plastic with a conductive magnesium coating. Otherwise, this would certainly fail to meet EU and FCC radiated radio frequency emissions standards.
Scott, surprisingly a large portion of a computer is actually recyclable. Silver, gold and platinum can be reclaimed from the PCB, edge connectors and the integrated circuits. Silicon is reclaimed and used as filler compounds and some other parts of the recycling process that do not come to mind right now. Recycling of computers? Its all very very good.