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Recompute Cardboard Computer

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Brenden Macaluso designs a sustainable desktop computer made out of cardboard. He gets rid of all the excess waste that you end up with when your computer's life is over and replaces it with a recyclable material. His design has been entered in the Greener Gadgets Competition [http://www.core77.com/greenergadgets/]. Check out Sirtified Blog for more information [http://sirtified.com/blog/2009/02/17/recompute-cardboard-computer/].
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  • video added February 17, 2009

34 comments // Recompute Cardboard Computer // Video

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    sirtified
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    Ahh this very cool (and one of my favorite submissions to that competition!)

    leahl
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    Excellent idea...!

    inapickle
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    Amazing!

    TravG73
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    very awesome brenden. way to go! and good job sirtified!!

    llllMILLS
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    yeah sirtified!! way to keep us in-the-know.

    amandabost
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    That is so cool... It really shows, in a slightly extreme way, the direction we can move with our consumable products... It would probably be even more green to just use an injection molding type technique with recycled paper pulp to build better and possibly stronger case...While some of the working parts are still using plastic that is all he really has to work with right now... In the future we can rethink those individual components to use 100% recyclable materials... A combination of design like this and apples new unibody aluminum and glass screen laptops will unlock the key to a more earth friendly wave of electronic products... If it can be done with a computer the idea can be applied to most other electronics... Awesome... Kudos to you good man!

    bcass22
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    Berry Nasss!

    TV Material...

    CarlosDP
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    That's awesome. Finally, an eco product which functions and is actually a good idea.

    smallgod
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    Amazing idea. One problem though - isn't cardboard flammable?

    Xurbia
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    So, really, you could make a computer out of almost anything?
    That is awesome, and I like the shape of the cardboard.

    Al_o
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    great pod! very cool

    Justinb
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    Gotta love this one!! way to go guys!!

    boadamonica23
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    I love the idea... I'm all about going green!

    choptscrud
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    I need a new desktop computer... Make this in the Mac version and ill buy one right up...

    bcass22
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    Its silly to think you could use cardboard but the beauty in this is the design. You could just as easy use recycled cheap plastic from soda bottles and I for one would purchase this case not because its SAVING THE PLANET (I,m sick of hearing this). This PC case is simple easy and cheap.

    SPROKET
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    cardboard or not, tha'ts a well-designed case. of course, the video was really well-done as well. I'll take 2.

    btru85
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    i really like the idea of this cardboard computer...!!!!!!!!

    conejo2223
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    GO SIRTIFIED!!!!

    Jalpa
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    I love industrial design =]

    I think its gonna save the world.

    andrealawera
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    I don't understand how all those "trash" computers don't get gutted for their working parts and then re-assembled into working computers.

    I mean, there are thousands of free computers there waiting to be put together, even if they are dated.

    lucidstone
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    that's really awesome...great podcast

    pauls21
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    that is some pretty cool stuff but is it really safe? cardboard seems to be easy to burn.

    morirjedi
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    We are proud of you!! Go go guy!

    kffrasie
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    What about static insulation? Is there a risk of destroying your hard drive with static with this design?

    Actually, maybe less so than with a metal case... hmm hmm hmm...

    asherp
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