Student Designs Cardboard PC Casing

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False_Dmitry_II

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Or even reuse it. But alot of people apparently just throw whole computers away. I bet there are plenty of P4~ish level of computers just sitting places that would still run perfectly fine. Which brings me to: You still have the problem of motherboards and whatnot just sitting in landfills.
 

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[citation][nom]False_Dmitry_II[/nom]Or even reuse it. But alot of people apparently just throw whole computers away. I bet there are plenty of P4~ish level of computers just sitting places that would still run perfectly fine. Which brings me to: You still have the problem of motherboards and whatnot just sitting in landfills.[/citation]

nto strue , about the mother boards and card compents , thera re many palces tehse days that have special recyliing centers , thatr strip and sperate all these compnents for recyling
 

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Special recycling centers, sure. It's called China, where the metals get stripped out of the PCB by kids. Fun cancer factory, yay!
 

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[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]... or one could just throw their empty steel computer case in the steel recycling bin like any normal person would.[/citation]
"normal" people in Houston don't recycle
 

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acrylic cases spring up intersting conversations, cardbord cases just make you look like an idiot for buying one.
 

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The computer case accounts for 10% of the embodied energy of a computer, at the absolute most. It's also the most reusable part.
 
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Have any of you guys seen movie called 'Manufacturing Landscapes'? I recommend you take a look, it tels few interesting facts about 'recycling'.
 

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I've seen the "cardboard PC case" a dozen times in the last 5 years. The problem is nobody wants a freaking cardboard case.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/05/recompute-a-closer-look-at-the-sustainable-cardboard-pc/
 

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How could this be a thesis? Seriously, this project deserve a D at best...

My final project for my bachelor degree was way more impressive and it was far from a thesis.

I was using a DSP for Analog/Digital/Analog conversion for my guitar signal. In the digital area, I was applying echoes, equalizing filters and distortion...

 

redgarl

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5 student in mechanical engineering have made a frigging plane for their final bachelor project... a frigging PLANE!!!

And this guy is doing... a cardboard pc case... for a master thesis...
 
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