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Cell Phones News Archive12-Jan-2008Cell Phones Easy to Recycle (R News) If you have an old cell phone that you're not using anymore, don't throw it away. If you do, you're dumping dangerous contaminants such as heavy metals, not to mention the ceramics and plastics that don't break, down in the landfills. Recycling cell phones benefits environment (Capital News 9) State and federal environmental agencies are trying to get the word out to cell phone users to recycle your Cell Phones. Erin Billups has more on the effect discarded Cell Phones have on the environment and how you can recycle them. Micro Fuel Cells A Boost For Multimedia Phones (TechWeb via Yahoo! News) Research conducted by various firms shows that a power hungry-device is one of the top frustrations of mobile users and a major reason for not purchasing some cell phones. Ries Niemi obsesses over society's obsession with cell phones (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) A joke repeated over and over becomes ominous, as funny as Andy Warhol's electric chairs. Seattle's Ries Niemi appears to have set himself the goal of finding the horror behind stupendously corny jokes about cell phones. Indiana County 911 funds eroded by cell phones (Blairsville Dispatch) Indiana County continues to lose funding for 911 services, and the culprit may be surprising -- cell phones. The issue was discussed at Wednesday's meeting of the Indiana County commissioners. Body Heat To Power Cell Phones? Nanowires Enable Recovery Of Waste Heat Energy (Science Daily) Energy now lost as heat during the production of electricity could be harnessed through the use of silicon nanowires synthesized via a new technique. The far-ranging potential applications of this technology include DOE's hydrogen fuel cell-powered "Freedom CAR," and personal power-jackets that could use heat from the human body to recharge cell-phones and other electronic devices. CES in Pictures: A Few Cool Cell Phones (PC World) We didn't see a ton of new Cell Phones at CES--vendors mostly showed off their holiday-season products--but here are the best of the new and upcoming arrivals.
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