Do you have an old digital devices that you no longer use? Broken or just old operating systems. Then please contact me as I doing an exciting project as part of his master’s research.
“what digital device do you have that you no longer use that would enable a student to learn? “
This is the central question to my current master’s research project.
Media Lobotomy is the reuse and reconstruction of electronics from dead (unusable) digital devices. More than 48 million tons of e-waste are produced every year, with only 20% of our e-waste is collected globally. Most of our e-waste ends up in landfill sites—both at home and in the developing world, releasing toxic metals, with toxins like lead, mercury, and cadmium being released into the soil and water.
The operating systems of phones, computers and other devices are deliberately improved regularly, making the consumer need to upgrade. Did you realise that you would need to use a mobile phone for ten years before the energy used to created was balanced out?
As part of my work, I have set up a digital media lobotomy, a kind of deconstruction and reconstruction that attempts to delay the process of deleting media devices, primarily to help students learn at home. I am taking what manufactures would class as obsolete computers and putting my version of Linux (a remote operating system) on with all the programmes a student would need to study. A way of reducing landfill whilst improving the chances of all students, particularly those from families who cannot afford the next new device.
If you have any laptops or tablets you no longer need in the back of a cupboard and you would like to donate them to this project, the condition is not important as I can reconnect many parts of different devices to create a new, useable device.
“what digital device do you have that you no longer use that would enable a student to learn? “
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