March 28, 2006
Innovative new mobile phone technology on display for the first time at the Science Museum
"1712 mobile phones are upgraded every hour in the UK alone‚ reveals Dead Ringers?‚ a new free exhibition to be opened at the Science Museum on Wednesday 29th March by Government Minister Ben Bradshaw.
The exhibition‚ opening in Antenna - the science and technology news gallery of the Science Museum - will showcase pioneering phone technology, such as:
-- The first UK display of NEC's phone with a biodegradeable cover‚ currently only available in Japan.
-- A a prototype phone cover with an implanted sunflower seed. As the sunflower grows‚ it gets additional nutrients from the biodegrading phone cover.
-- The only lasagne-based circuit board in the world
-- An exploded phone showing how new smart metals will help phones take themselves apart for recycling.
Further inventive design ideas covered in the exhibition include new and biodegradeable battery designs and design innovations from Nokia which may reduce the need for toxic flame retardants‚ aiding easier recycling of mobile-derived plastics.
[via science museum e-newsletter and Press Release]
Related:
-- Researchers compost old mobile phones & transform them into flowers
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