Another example of reusing e-waste is using them as raw materials and creating interactive art projects.
“The E-waste workshops offer participants to become familiar with basic hardware and software hacking / recycling while at the same time gaining hands-on experience making an interactive art project.” As it says in their website, “we live in a disposable society. Mobile phones and our communication devices have short lifespans. This causes a rapid decrease in the value of existing electronics. Meanwhile, there is another issue of the production of endless amounts of electronic waste during the technological progress. Although the economic value of obsolete electronics approaches zero, the electronic components themselves can still be useful in other contexts. Hence we need to seek ideas and inspiration for how we can rethink technology and, in particular, communications and ICT technology, from sources that are outside traditional engineering domains.”
During the process of creating, “the boundaries of a device are set by the manufacturer (planned obsolescence); those limits can be redefined by such creative recycling.”
The video above shows how people were working and creating at E-waste workshop in 2010.
http://www.ewasteworkshop.com/
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