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This week, April 5-11, is the second annual National Cell Phone Recycling Week. The EPA’s Plug-In To eCycling program is encouraging Americans to turn in those old cell phones for re-use and recycling in cooperation with retailers, service providers, and cell phone manufacturers.
According to the EPA, the energy saved by recycling one cell phone is [...]
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Nokia has filed a patent application for piezoelectric charging of their cell phones. These phones would charge based upon the user’s movements. So basically, as you move or jostle your phone, the frame would bump into strips of piezoelectric crystals inside and create a current, which would keep your phone “topped off.” Currently, it wouldn’t [...]
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