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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>If you can come up with a way to fairly easily unsolder parts from old boards, and then do some minimal sorting, that would be way cool. <br><br>Mitch. <br><br>> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:28:47 -0700<br>> From: charlie@finitemonkeys.com<br>> To: discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org<br>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] U.S.-China Green Electronics Competition<br>> <br>> A lot of the components are glued on as well as soldered. Heat control<br>> is hard to make sure you don't damage the components that are worth<br>> recovering. Then there is the issue of identifying them.<br>> <br>> Usually its easier(and cheaper unless you don't count time) to get out<br>> of date batches from ebay or companies that have very tight rules<br>> about out of date components.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> > Has anyone thought of this or is this a bad idea?<br>> > Use an oven or solder pot to desolder all the components from e-waste<br>> > circuit boards, etc. and sort them accordingly. Then just evenly distribute<br>> > them among all the hackerspaces in the world. This way the electronics lab<br>> > of all hackerspaces will have a really nice supply of components to pick<br>> > from with little to no cost to them.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> People I worked and played with in China are having a competition for<br>> >> people to hack e-waste into something cool. Winners will receive prizes as<br>> >> well as the opportunity to showcase their creations on Slate.<br>> >><br>> >> For details, please see the website and the press release is here (and<br>> >> copied, below):<br>> >> http://www.greenelectronicschallenge.com/<br>> >> and<br>> >> http://www.newamerica.net/node/106312<br>> >><br>> >> Cheers,<br>> >> Mitch.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> ------------------<br>> >><br>> >> Future Tense Initiative & Tsinghua University Launch New U.S.-China Green<br>> >> Electronics Competition<br>> >> Competition to Encourage Innovation on E-Waste Prevention<br>> >><br>> >> Published: March 26, 2014<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> WASHINGTON, DC -- The Future Tense initiative - a partnership of New<br>> >> America, Arizona State University, and Slate magazine - is pleased to<br>> >> announce the launch of Green Electronics: A U.S.-China Maker Challenge, an<br>> >> unprecedented online DIY competition focused on preventing the creation of<br>> >> electronic waste (e-waste). The competition, a collaboration between Future<br>> >> Tense, China's Tsinghua University and other partners, invites U.S. and<br>> >> Chinese makers to find creative ways to turn yesterday's cellphone battery<br>> >> into tomorrow's treasure.<br>> >><br>> >> "This is a great opportunity for the United States and China to work<br>> >> toward common goals," said Emily Parker, senior fellow and digital diplomacy<br>> >> advisor at New America, who helped spearhead this project. "Both the U.S.<br>> >> and China want to encourage the innovation happening at the DIY or maker<br>> >> level, and both countries face the challenge of reducing e-waste."<br>> >><br>> >> Electronic products tend to become unusable after just a few years, and<br>> >> items such as computers, DVD players and cell phones frequently wind up in<br>> >> landfills. Some of the most creative solutions to this problem may come from<br>> >> U.S. and Chinese makers, many of whom already incorporate old electronic<br>> >> components into their DIY creations. Green electronics will encourage makers<br>> >> to showcase their creations online.<br>> >><br>> >> Participants will be invited to upcycle or hack an electronic product to<br>> >> create a new electronic product; repair an electronic product; create a<br>> >> sustainable electronic product; or create artwork from used electronic<br>> >> products. They will show their inventions on Instructables.com, where<br>> >> submissions will be accepted from April 7 - May 31, 2014. Following a round<br>> >> of public voting, a panel of judges will choose the best selections from<br>> >> each country. Winners will receive prizes as well as the opportunity to<br>> >> showcase their creations on Slate.<br>> >><br>> >> Judges include Chris Anderson, former Wired editor; Joi Ito, Director of<br>> >> the MIT Media Lab; Mitzi Montoya, Vice President and University Dean for<br>> >> Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Arizona State University; and Sun Hong Bin,<br>> >> Dean of Educational Affairs at Tsinghua University. Partners include<br>> >> Instructables, TechShop, Hackerspaces.org, XinCheJian, Autodesk, and<br>> >> Inventables.<br>> >><br>> >> For more information, please visit:<br>> >> http://www.greenelectronicschallenge.com/<br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Discuss mailing list<br>> >> Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org<br>> >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Discuss mailing list<br>> > Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org<br>> > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br>> ><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>> Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org<br>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br> </div></body>
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