Day 3267: Lost in Japan.

 

 

 

"Lost in Japan": drawing, acrylic, collage journal page.

 

 

 

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Olympic - 2GN2S

 

Tokyo 2020: 

Olympic medals made from old smartphones, laptops.

Used electronic devices have been recycled in a nationwide effort to produce the Olympic medals for the Tokyo 2020 Games. The project plans to set a precedent for future Olympic Games.

As the athletes take the podium and, with a slight bow, have their medals placed around their necks, they will be happy to have landed in the top three. 

The project recycled old electronic gadgets such as smartphones and laptops to produce the Olympic Medals that are being awarded at the Tokyo Games. For the people of Japan, the project offered a unique opportunity to be a part of the Games.

"The campaign called on the public to donate obsolete electronic devices for the project," Toyko 2020 spokesperson Hitomi Kamizawa told DW. "We are grateful for everyone's cooperation."

Aproximately 6.2 million phones were collected by the Japanese phone operator NTT

The project capitalized on the fact that billions worth of precious metals such as gold and silver, which are used in electronic devices, get discarded each year globally thanks to people simply dumping or burning their gadgets instead of ensuring they are properly collected and recycled.

There was a two-year national effort in Japan to collect enough recycled material to produce about 5,000 bronze, silver, and gold medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Up to 90% of Japanese cities, towns, and villages participated by setting up donation pick-up sites where hundreds of thousands of Japanese citizens donated their old electronic devices. 

 The recycling campaign produced 70 pounds (32 kilograms) of gold, 7,700 pounds of silver and 4,850 pounds of bronze. All from nearly 80 tons of small electrical devices such as old phones and laptops, said Kamizawa.

 

Although recycling efforts like these often seem straightforward, the medal project had to engage the national government, thousands of municipalities, companies, schools and other local communities. 

 

One of the primary companies involved was Renet Japan Group whose business philosophy revolves around sustainability. 

 

Collecting the used devices was just the first step. Following a process of dismantling, extracting and refining by contractors, the recycled material was then molded into Junichi Kawnishi's design concept — a design that beat out 400 other entries in a competition held by Tokyo 2020.

 

 

 

 

Circular economy: Sustainable and profitable.

 

 

 

 

 

2GN2S - A feel good moment ...

 

  

A group of high school students have designed and built a wheelchair stroller attachment so that people with disabilities can walk their babies. The idea was born when students at the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, discovered that one of their teachers was expecting a baby. Her husband uses a wheelchair, and it was going to be tough for him to get in on some precious parenting moments. The students put an intense amount of thought into the project, taking into account the terrain around the dad-to-be's house and making sure the design was something he could operate independently. 

They also wanted to make the design simple and affordable, so other families could replicate one. The result is the "WheeStroll," a simple wheelchair attachment that allows parents to place their baby safely in front of them as they wheel around. 

 

 

 

 

•  A wow 7-minute video, rock balancing , here.

 

 

Just because ...

 

 

 

Star Finch

 

 

  

                     

Smiles for Sunday ...

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

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