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New Fujitsu Computer Monitor Uses No Energy in Idle Mode


Fujitsu Siemens Computers says it has developed the world's first monitor that requires no electricity at all while on standby.

The so-called "zero-watt monitor" features a special switch that shuts the monitor down when the computer signal is absent and turns it back on again when the signal reappears.

Fujitsu estimates that the switch technology can save "several euros per year" in power costs.

The new monitor will hit stores this summer, retailing for the same price as a conventional monitor, Fujitsu says.  via* sustainable media life
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CRADLE-TO-CRADLE
A phrase invented by Walter R. Stahel in the 1970s and popularized by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their 2002 book of the same name. This framework seeks to create production techniques that are not just efficient but are essentially waste free. In cradle-to-cradle production all material inputs and outputs are seen either as technical or biological nutrients. Technical nutrients can be recycled or reused with no loss of quality and biological nutrients composted or consumed. By contrast cradle to grave refers to a company taking responsibility for the disposal of goods it has produced, but not necessarily putting products’ constituent components back into service.


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