Ahoy! Thar’s gold in that junk drawer! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… saying… At least keys, old cell phones, those weird little IKEA joints to—argh!—assemble your Bilsbo’s. All are metal, of increasing demand today, and expensive to mine. Enterprising? You could be like Vancouver’s
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You gotta fight for your right…to fix your iPhone! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Kyle Wiems, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo engineering student. 2003, Apple iBook falls off of his dorm bed! Electricity light’s dark, probably mechanical—loose wire, broken metal part— In the
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Got a box of old CDs collecting dust? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The digital age is sending our old media to the landfill. This e-waste creates toxic pollution. Is there a better use for old CDs? Matthew Brown and team from Binghamton University
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