Asus Eco-Book: Competing with Giant Pandas for Bamboo
Published by Mariella Moon March 5th, 2008 in Gadgets, Laptops.
With everyone going ga-ga over green tech, it seems bamboo has become a staple material for many companies wishing to create more environment-friendly products. Has anyone ever thought about the welfare of the giant pandas?!
Oh, right. Bamboo grasses don’t die after you cut them off — the grow back up. In fact, they continue to grow during winter. Asus decided to harness this natural resource to create the Asus Eco-book — a new laptop showcased during CeBIT earlier. The Asus Eco-book is made partially of bamboo and partially of other less green materials. Hey, you didn’t expect everything to be made of bamboo, did you? At least Asus tried.
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