Dell’s Froot – A Green Concept

DELL’s Regeneration Green Computing Technology Contestant Paulina Carlos has come up with an innovative biodegradable concept named as Froot. As of now, it is just an idea of a sustainable computer made up of starch based polymer and biodegradable covering. It is an all in one computer with no keyboard, mouse and not even a monitor. Paulina, an industrial designer designed this on projection technology. One would need a wall and a desk to display the projection of screen and keyboard respectively. For the screen display a traditional pico-projector will be used in the rear and a laser projector for the keyboard in the front. It may be available in colors like purple, orange, blue, etc and will run on Windows XP.

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Like all devises have their pros and cons this one has it too. Firstly, the projector bulbs has a short life time and dim visibility. Typing onto a desk will not be easy, rather painful. Lastly, the laser light used to mark the keys can be seen only in dim lighting conditions.

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It not just saves space but its electronic parts can be recycled too .Hence, this concept if taken care of its weaknesses could be a hit in green technology.

No Comments | June 2nd, 2010 by Vartika Singh Categories: Dell, Green Computing, Recycling

Top Green Computing LinkedIn Groups You Don’t Want to Miss

LinkedIn is a leading networking site, in this post I am listing all the must-visit green computing related groups. This is based on the number of members and level of interaction. People with common interest can interact through it and grow their professional career.

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High-Tech Professionals, Jobs and Networking

It is a networking group created on January 21, 2009 and has 1224 members. This group is only for US based people interested in green computing, cloud computing, clean technology etc.

Green Computing & Data Center

This is a professional group created on June 30, 2008 and has 772 members. Members of this group discuss all areas pertaining to Green IT.

China High-Tech Professionals, Jobs and Networking

This networking group was created on March 21, 2009 and has 678 members currently. People in this group discuss about job opportunities, green technology, etc. This is a China based group and deals with high-tech industries present there.

Green IT CXO Forum

This networking group is particularly for sustainability professionals makes use of technology like cloud computing, data center power management etc.

Computing Now

It is a professional group, open to all which was created on February 27, 2009 and has 485 members. It collects all the green computing and other recent topics information from the IEEE Computer Society’s 13 peer-reviewed magazines.

WHU Web Hosting Experts Group

This was created on July 22, 2008 and has 459 members currently. This group is for IT professionals to discuss on topics like cloud and green computing, data centers, etc.

Make IT Green

It was created on August 17, 2008 and has 235 members now. As it name suggests this group is dedicated to green computing and green chemistry.

Energy Saving Computing

It was created on July 29, 2008 and has 147 members. The members share their knowledge and ideas related to green computing here.

VirtG

The Virtualization Group-Boston was created on August 5, 2009 and has 44 members currently. The group discusses about green technology and its other aspects.

Green Computing Forum

This group was created on December 2, 2008 and has 21 members.

No Comments | March 23rd, 2010 by Vartika Singh Categories: Green Computing