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RBRC – Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:06:36 +0000

Does this combination of letters mean anything to you: “RBRC”? Was your answer “no”? Well the two word phrase “cell phone” used to hold little meaning for the user of a public phone. Now it should be made clear that RBRC stands for Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation. That Corporation makes a point of collecting rechargeable batteries, the sort of batteries that are used to power cell phones. That Corporation has developed some exciting educational materials. That Corporation wants every child, teen and adult to understand the harmful consequences that can result from a failure to insure the recycling of a rechargeable battery.

RBRC Logo

Suppose that you are a teacher at an elementary school. Suppose that you want to present a lesson about the noteworthy efforts of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation. Can you imagine the sort of questions that your students might raise?

Why do we need to learn about this Corporation?
Where does this Corporation store all of the collected batteries?
How does this Corporation manage to recycle any of the rechargeable batteries?

Well, now it so happens that executives at the Battery Recycling Corporation have anticipated such questions. They therefore paid for production of an activity booklet, a booklet that instructors can use, when teaching young children about the importance of recycling rechargeable batteries.

Now, this booklet produces bits of information that can apply to a wide range of disciplines. It contains an historical timeline; it exposes the students to several simple charts; and it introduces students to simple chemistry and the most basic physical principles. It taps into the thought pattern of present day youth, youth who handle batteries and/or cell phones on a daily basis.

The Battery Recycling Corporation is all too aware of the pleasure that young people derive from the availability of wireless products and cordless communication tools. Young people know how to recharge their batteries. They also realize that even a rechargeable battery will die eventually. The Recycling Corporation wants young people to see that their dead batteries get taken to a recycling facility.

The Recycling Corporation aims to keep as many batteries as possible out of any solid waste dump. The Corporation does not want the heavy metals in those batteries to leak into the soil of a single, municipal facility. The Corporation must have hired an excellent PR person. The collectors of rechargeable batteries have come up with the perfect phrase to use, when presenting their message to modern day young people. The Corporation includes these words in much of its literature: “It’s free. It’s convenient. It’s responsible.”

The Battery Recycling Corporation works closely with 350 different battery manufactures. The Corporation collects and recycles five different types of batteries. The Corporation provides the users of wireless technology with up to 50,000 centers, centers where people can turn in any dead, rechargeable batteries.

Today, a three year old child living in one of the developed countries sees the cell phone as a commonplace addition to the various gadgets in his or her world. The Recycling Corporation wants that same child to view the transport of dead batteries from the home to a recycling center as an everyday occurrence.

The Battery Recycling Center hopes that parents and teachers will speed progress toward its goal—creation of the view that no dead rechargeable battery should ever be carried to a municipal waste dump.

RBRC official site: call2recycle.org

No Laptop Like Asus

Laptop Adviser — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:13:32 +0000

There is so much we can talk about when we are speaking of Asus laptops, so why don’t we start from the top. First of all, the things that people pretend to know about but really do not, the specifics. There are many different Asus laptops out there, but the one I looked at had an Intel Core Duo processor ( about 1.66 GHz to be exact). It also had about 1 GB of RAM already installed onto the Asus laptops. The weight of the Asus laptops was actually pretty light when you think about it. In fact, the one I got to use was about 3.3 pounds.

Asus S6F Pink Laptop

Now you may say that is all good in gravy, but what about the stuff you care about? Well we are getting to that. The LCD screen was amazing and looked better than most HDTV’s I have seen. Also, for having such a big screen on it, I was amazed to see at how long the battery lasted. Most of the Asus laptops come with leather lids and a matching mouse as well. Depending on the model of Asus laptops you choose to get, most come with a great built in DVD burner, which, even if you are not going to use it, is still a nice plus.

However, if you are not into that kind of thing, I would look for one that does not have a burner, because that would just save you money. Even so, like all great things, you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything about Asus laptops are the best. First of all, I have to say most are some what expensive for most people. For the same price that you can get one of the Asus laptops, you can get a super powerful desk top PC that would eat one of these Asus laptops alive. You could even choose not to spend so much and get a different laptop for about the same price. Unlike a few of the other keyboards I have seen, the Asus laptops seem to have a cramped space for these keyboards. If you have big hands, this could become a problem. Although the screen is nice, it does have a glossy coat on it. This can cause it to be a little bit to reflective and hard to see at times.

Asus S6F Colors

When all is said and done, all Asus laptops are great, and you are going to get your money out of them. However, if you do not have a lot of money to spend on a laptop then you may want to go with a different brand. These are super nice, but now-a-days you can get a laptop that does the same thing for less money. Keep in mind, however, that this is a very powerful laptop. Unlike other super powerful laptops, the Asus laptops are very portable. It seems like other laptops weigh a lot, and you have to stay close to a wall so you can plug it back up when the battery runs down (every hour).

IBM Thinkpad X6 Ultrabase

Laptop Adviser — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:47:05 +0000

Expand the function of your for IBM Thinkpad X60 and IBM Thinkpad X60s series notebook by snapping it into the IBM ThinkPad X6 UltraBase. This simple, quick-attach solution adds a wide array of expansion capabilities but is small enough to carry anywhere.

Thinkpad X6 Ultrabase

IBM Thinkpad X6 Ultrabase Specifications:

1 x microphone – input – mini-phone 3.5 mm
1 x network – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base- T – RJ-45
1 x headphones – output – mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x display / video – VGA – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
1 x modem – phone line – RJ-11
1 x serial – RS-232 – 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9)
1 x parallel – IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) – 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25)
4 x Hi-Speed USB – 4 pin USB Type A

Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad X6 Ultrabase

IBM Thinkpad X6 Ultrabase Features:

Streamlined design for easy portability – Ideal for use in the office, at home, or on the road
System power-on button and easy ejection lever
Power pass-through to fuel your system and recharge the battery
Uses the IBM ThinkPad 65W AC Adapter, ships with IBM ThinkPad X60 Series systems and is available separately as an option
Integrated key lock and optional cable lock slot
Advanced Ultrabay Battery for up to 11 hours of mobile computing (when used in combination with the high-capacity system battery on select models).
Ultrabay Slim for device expansion – Supports Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo
IBM ThinkPad X6 UltraBase also supports the ThinkPad
Multi-Burner drives; can also house a second ThinkPad hard drive (requires HDD installation kit)
Audio/video capability – Integrated stereo speakers, microphone in, headphone out, VGA monitor
Communication ports – Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) and modem (RJ-11)
Standard device ports – 4 USB 2.0, serial, and parallel.

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Notebook Predictions for 2008

Laptop Adviser — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:36:09 +0000

By Darius Chang

In the mobile computing world, quad-core processing and chipset refreshes are almost as certain as death and taxes. Fortunately, 2008 looks set to be a more exciting year than simply watching specifications grow.

The upcoming CES will be a fertile ground for the latest breakthroughs in technology. However, many of the prototypes showcased may take years before hitting the retail market, assuming they are not vaporware. So keep an eye out for our extensive coverage of the event for laptops of the future. For now, check out our educated guesses at which areas in mobile computing are likely to make the most impact in the coming year.

UMPCs equal ultraportables in performance
The ASUS Eee PC did more for the UMPC cause than others did due to its ground-breaking price point. This will pave the way for more vendors entering this niche market with cheaper or more powerful products.

Though the original intent was for UMPCs to become companions for your primary computing device, this group of machines may soon hit the same performance bracket as full-fledge ultraportables. Already, models like the Gigabyte U60 and Packard Bell EasyNote XS20 are running at 1GHz clockspeed. With the combination of faster flash-based storage and improved graphics engines, the time may come when choosing between a UMPC and an ultraportable becomes a matter of screen size preference.

Design becomes as important as specifications
With Intel dominating the mobile CPU and chipset scene, there is really very little performance difference between getting a laptop from a premium vendor versus one from a budget manufacturer. So getting laptops based on specifications have become as useful as buying a car based on the number of tires.

2007 was a colorful year as various vendors like Dell and Sony decided to differentiate their products by offering a range of colors. HP went down another path and started a range of limited-edition models sporting unique HP Imprint designs. Yet another maker, Fujitsu, adopted a different approach by squeezing a 14.1-inch display into a 13.3-inch chassis. Who knows, perhaps soon your friendly sales assistant might have to start taking lessons on aesthetics rather than technology.

Mobile gaming hits new highs
While US gamers have been happily shooting and looting with insanely fast laptops holding dual graphics cards (GPU), Asian consumers have had to meddle around with single-GPU notebooks for far too long. Thanks to Dell, the XPS M1730 finally made its way to our shores and changed the way we think about mobile gaming.

From here on out, any laptop which claims to cater to the gaming crowd will certainly need to offer dual GPUs in order to be taken seriously. In fact, Nvidia has already announced that its new SLI configuration is compatible with three video cards. Though we doubt a tri-GPU portable will appear anytime this year, we can always hope.

More notebooks get the SSD treatment
Since the processor and graphics card of a laptop are decided at birth, the primary method of improving a notebook’s performance hardware-wise used to be by upgrading the memory. Not anymore. The rise of the solid state drive (SSD) offers another viable method to boost your machine speed.

Full story: Asia.Cnet.com

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