The Story of Electronics (2010) -- Teaser

http://storyofelectronics.org ---- The Story of Electronics, releasing Tuesday, NOVEMBER 9, employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the mines and factories where our gadgets begin to the horrific backyard recycling shops in China where many end up. The film concludes with a call for a green 'race to the top' where designers compete to make long-lasting, toxic-free products that are fully and easily recyclable.

Our production partner on the electronics film is the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, which promotes green design and responsible recycling in the electronics industry.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• planned obsolescence

[Khadije12]

stop putting teasers and just put the whole thing already

[storyofstuffproject]

@Khadije12 haha. fair enough. one week and counting!

[PaulHassing]

Fascinating stuff. All power (tee hee) to you! :)

[yanar89]

@RadarKat73080 Go for open source!!! Linux is awesome

[Hammeraxxer]

it's the power of money... better understand it...

[alexkvaskov]

i have a pentium 4 computer from 2001 or 2002 and it surfs the net well enough for me..

have you ever noticed how quickly electronics break these days? and how often we simply trash new stuff? these items sometimes have less than 3 months of usage!

[TVACdotCA]

Great work!

[ermamarino]

You are the best

[jawtheshark]

Moreover.... I'm a tech dumpster diver. I can assure you that about 2005 era computers are more than sufficient for the average worker. Basic tasks are easily covered by elder machines given enough RAM.

Chip manufacturers do know this, which explains the success of the Atom line from Intel and AMD is trying to get into that market too with their Neo platform. Smaller chips (less transistors), but more power efficient because of their smaller size.

[jawtheshark]

Moores law doesn't say that processor speeds would double processor speed. It says that transistor density would double every 18 months. This means that the same processor could be made using less space and thus you could make more on one wafer. Current processors do illustratie this quite well. You don't have a 5GHz processor in your desktop because those speeds don't work well. You get two 2.5GHz "Cores" instead. More transistors/functionality on the same space.

[Fuzzy192006]

haha blip