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Something that we just started seeing in robotics at the beginning of 2015, dedicated disassembly robots. They should be able to replace much of the disassembly done in places like China or Ghana where containers of old electronics have been dumped. In terms of a project that helps the world I would totally invest in such robots.
[1] (Warning its Mashable) http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/apple-liam-recycling-robot/#f...
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I don't understand this whole "tonne" thing. Why overload a word that already has two other conflicting meanings (the imperial short ton and the imperial long ton) when you already have a word that is more canonical and completely unambiguous in "Megagram"? Plus it just sounds cool.
Because no one has any concept of that unit of measure. They use relatable units of measure, that's where the whole banana for scale thing came from because almost everyone has a grasp on the dimensions of a banana. People know cars weight tons and so a ton is a vastly more relatable unit of measure.
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I agree, even as a major iOS detractor, that recent iPhones are amazingly repairable, while there's an opposite trend for many (most?) high-end Android phones these days. But is it really "disgusting" that a phone is cheaper to replace than repair because it is extremely cheap to begin with? Following that argument, they would solve the problem by raising the price of the new phone.
You have to put yourself in the shoes of the poor or homeless person who walks through the door of our repair shop. They don't have enough money to buy a computer. So their entire life is on that phone: photos, contacts, documents, email. They've applied to jobs through that phone. Everything is centered around that item. Then it breaks. And since the software is usually so crappy on it, there's no consistent way for…
What parts of Apple's devices contain gold?
Gold is found on printed circuit boards and components, typically used to electroplate connectors, so that they won't fail due to corrosion.
[1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/10x-Water-Damage-Warranty-Sensor-Ind...
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Gold is found on printed circuit boards and components, typically used to electroplate connectors, so that they won't fail due to corrosion.
I wish they made those tiny little round white stickers they have inside Apple products out of gold [1]. They keep getting wet and voiding my warranty. [1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/10x-Water-Damage-Warranty-Sensor-Ind...
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I don't understand this whole "tonne" thing. Why overload a word that already has two other conflicting meanings (the imperial short ton and the imperial long ton) when you already have a word that is more canonical and completely unambiguous in "Megagram"? Plus it just sounds cool.
Because no one has any concept of that unit of measure. They use relatable units of measure, that's where the whole banana for scale thing came from because almost everyone has a grasp on the dimensions of a banana. People know cars weight tons and so a ton is a vastly more relatable unit of measure.
> Copper is super-cheap, but it moves electrons too slowly for some of the most important computing tasks. Just garbage reporting.
For those who haven't had a physics class, that's garbage because silver is somewhat more conductive than copper, which is slightly more conductive than gold. The main benefit of gold is that it's more stable than copper, so it's a good material for connector contact surfaces, but the bulk of the contact should be something else like copper or steel, depending on the relative importance of electrical or mechanical pr…
Or 1000 kilograms for the rest of the world.