Humane's Ai Pin was a flop. Now it's a recycling nightmare | Context
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Humane's Ai Pin and other AI wearables are difficult to recycle, threatening to worsen the world's global e-waste problem

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Humane’s Ai Pin and other AI wearables are difficult to recycle, threatening to worsen the world’s global e-waste problem.

  • Quicky@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    This article is a bit of a mess. What the fuck does AI have to do with the amount of glue used in a device?

    And why focus on a limited run from a failed product rather than the literal millions of successful wearable products like airpods that are equally hard to recycle?

    Also

    Meanwhile, the use of the technology is only expected to grow.

    Very insightful

    • Quicky@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Oh and not to question the professor’s expertise but you can’t blame the consumers for this one. Literally NOBODY asked for one of these pins.

      “These products are designed based on the consumers’ desires and affordability,” said Berrin Tansel, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Florida International University.

      Making them easier to recycle would require the cost of the material recovery process to be fronted by the manufacturer, making them more expensive, Tansel told Context.