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Suppliers Push Medical OEMs Toward Eco-Friendly Plastics

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/03/2010

The medical device industry has been slow to incorporate biodegradable, bio-based or recycled plastics in their designs primarily due to cost, regulatory concerns, minimal selection and a lack of strong demand from end users, reports Medical Product Manufacturing News. But some suppliers like Cer ...

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Vodafone Tops ICT Sustainability Ranking

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/03/2010

Vodafone is ranked as the number one sustainability leader among the 20 largest information and communications technology (ICT) companies, according to Tomorrow’s Value Rating. Nokia, HP, France Telecom and Siemens round out the top five leaders.The ranking shows that ICT businesses are coo ...

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Wafer-thin plastic to replace traditional batteries

Posted by DeshRaj on 06/02/2010

Cars running on power from their roof, mobiles going slimmer than they were ever, displays displaying paper-like flexibility, and apparels generating electricity that is worth harnessing: it is all going to be a reality soon if we consider the recent.

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Miguel Rivera transforms redundant hard drives into auto sculptures and robots

Posted by DeshRaj on 11/12/2009

Electronic Waste usually causes serious health and pollution problems. Sometimes it keeps on piling in the garbage pile or allows some very serious contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and brominated flame-retardants to poison our natural...

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Swarms of underwater robots to study marine life supporting mechanisms

Posted by AditiJ on 23/11/2009

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help researchers at UC San Diego accomplish their goal to develop small robotic devices that are capable of flowing with the ocean currents to study the mechanisms that support plankton and.

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