2010 Olympic Medals Made From Old Electronics

[JMcEntegart]

It's just a few months to the 2010 Olympics take place in Vancouver and it looks like there's going to be a wonderfully geeky touch to the event this year.

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[superprelude]

From what I heard, if you put them together, you can see watermark of some birds.

 

[Honis]

Very unique looking medals. I can't figure out if I like the wave style or not.

 

[HibyPrime]

Can you imagine how many gold plated connectors went into making all those gold medals? Jesus.

I have no idea where they would get the silver and bronze from though...

 

[Guest]

now that is cool recycling.

 

[yang]

wow i love this new design. very creative.

 

[Tatts]

"...but I genuinely didn't know there was such a thing as a 'Winter Olympics' until I saw Cool Runnings." Who is this person? That's either a lie or she has absolutely no sense of embarrassment at being so ill-informed. Unbelievable.

 

[Kelavarus]

Awesome.

 

[ale555666]

Helping the environment, good news for the planet.
Very nice medals by the way.

 

[superprelude]

I am sure it costs more to use recycle material than raw material.

 

[jaragon13]

[citation][nom]HibyPrime[/nom]Can you imagine how many gold plated connectors went into making all those gold medals? Jesus.I have no idea where they would get the silver and bronze from though...[/citation]
sounds more like aluminum and copper to me

 

[ravewulf]

I love them! Very artistic with a touch of tech

 

[socrates047]

this is going down as one of my journal entries for my science and technology class

 

[JMcEntegart]

[citation][nom]Tatts[/nom]"...but I genuinely didn't know there was such a thing as a 'Winter Olympics' until I saw Cool Runnings." Who is this person? That's either a lie or she has absolutely no sense of embarrassment at being so ill-informed. Unbelievable.[/citation]

I'm not embarrassed to admit it. Ireland has been competing in the Summer Olympics since 1924 but we didn't start competing in the Winter Olympics until 1992.

Besides, we have enough trouble coping with the Summer Olympics. Our record is woeful. We were stripped of our only medal in 2004 (show jumping) because the horse was on drugs.

 

[c0r3f1ght3r]

yeah they had to do this because of the horrid cost of security for the games. NO VANCOUVER OLYMPICS STOP DESTROYING NATIVE LANDS.

 

[r0x0r]

Will you get a gold medal if you overclock the silver medal?

 

[strange1889]

@ superprelude: these medals undoubtedly cost less when one considers more than hard cash. our resources are limited and daily dwindling, the human cost of mining precious metals is incalculable, the refinement process from raw ore to 'shiny' is environmentally harsh and costly. no I'm not a tree hugger, I dont recycle, and I drive a 3/4 ton gas guzzling van; but I like the statement being made here by the Olympic Games.

 

[gpj]

[citation][nom]zpyrd[/nom]I think it is insulting to award an athlete who trains most of their life to be the best at their sport with a piece of garbage.It says the Olympic committee are too cheap to award medals made of pure gold, pure silver and bronze.[/citation]

Are you for real? You actually believe past medals were solid bronze/silver/gold? I suggest you crawl back under your very sheltering rock.

 

[gpj]

[citation][nom]superprelude[/nom]From what I heard, if you put them together, you can see watermark of some birds.[/citation]

Each medal has a piece of one of two art pieces (presumably by the medal designers?) on them. So, yes if you combined them just right they'd make two larger pictures.... I haven't seen the larger pictures though.

 

[skykaptain]

I'd be interested it how the recycled and made these metals. i just like to know how things are made, I blame the woolly mammoths. 😉