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Bamboo Laptop by Asustek to Debut Saturday (PC World) by PC World: Yahoo! Tech
- Asustek Computer plans to debut a nature-friendly laptop PC with a casing made of bamboo on Saturday at Taiwan's IT Month exhibition. The laptop, first announced last year, is part of Asus's efforts to use renewable materials in products. The shell of the laptop is made of real bamboo, which ...
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tech.yahoo.com — - Display screen technology developer Mary Lou Jepsen is working at her new start-up to create laptop PCs so energy efficient they'll be able to run on a standard laptop battery for 20 to 40 hours before needing a recharge. Jepsen, formerly the head ... (more) Jepsen Works to Raise Laptop Battery Life to 20-40 Hours ...
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  • JustJosh JustJosh
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    A laptop chassis made of bamboo is going to be very interesting. Kind of curious how the adoption rate of this will be.
    Posted 11/30/2008 respond (flag)
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ASUS' 12-inch bamboo laptop gets a price
Engadget — ... ASUS may have been beaten to the punch by a few other companies and their bamboo-ensconced offerings, but it looks like it's now getting its first bamboo laptop out the door at long last, and it's taken the opportunity to finally get official with a price. ...

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