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Researchers convert old phones into 'tiny data centers' — deploy one underwater for marine monitoring
This will reduce e-waste while making edge devices more accessible and affordable.
According to the University, the team said that the most sustainable environmental solution is for users to hold on to their phones for as long as possible, but the fast pace of technological change and the fickleness of fashion means that this is easier said than done. “Innovation often begins not with something new, but with a new way of thinking about the old, re-imagining its role in shaping the future,” said Pervasive Computing Associate Professor Huber Flores. One example they gave is installing it in a bus stop, where the phones could get the passenger count in real-time and help optimize the entire public transit system.
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