Greener gigabytes. (Tools for green giving: resources for eco-awareness and action).As the lights and ornaments twinkle this season, you can brighten bright·en tr. & intr.v. bright·ened, bright·en·ing, bright·ens To make or become bright or brighter. bright a loved one's holiday with a gift of greener technology. As the National Safety Council reports, by 2005 at least 55 million computers are expected to end up in landfills, with many of them leaching toxic compounds like lead and mercury into land and groundwater. The PowerMate eco ($1,599) from NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Solutions is a less toxic PC. The compact, all-in-one unit has a lead-free motherboard. Its 15-inch flat screen liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. (LCD) contains no toxic boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. , unlike conventional desktop monitors. The computer casing is made of 100 percent recyclable plastic, and it is flame retardant Flame retardants are materials that inhibit or resist the spread of fire. Naturally occurring substances such as asbestos as well as synthetic materials, usually halocarbons such as polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorendic acid without the use of conventional brominated coatings. The PowerMate eco requires no fan to keep cool as it produces less heat and uses less power than most other computers. It ships with a 900-megahertz processor, 256 megabytes of RAM and a 20-gigabyte hard drive. CONTACT: NEC Solutions, (888)632-8701, www.necsolutions-am.com. |
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