What stroke me most, however, is the projection saying how many devices we'll have in average per person: 5.8 in the US, 4.4 in Europe. Surely by then we will get tired of carrying multiple devices around? Or a brilliant designer at Apple would have created one single device that serves as a laptop, a smartphone, an e-reader and an iPod all at once?
Perhaps of more serious concern is the eWaste generated by all these devices... perhaps the electronic and technology sector can get serious about integrating bamboo components in their devices, even if it's only for their packaging (both ecological and economical advantages here):
...and here's the infogrpahic by Mashable:
Is anyone else besides Dell doing bamboo packaging for computers? http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/corp-comm/bamboo-packaging.aspx
ReplyDelete@anounymous: not that I know of, though bamboo is not the only solution for ecological, sustainable and cheaper packaging (and packaging is not the only valuable use of bamboo... I've even see prototypes of laptops made of bamboo, but can't remember if they were from Dell)
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