The power of sport is gradually embracing the potential of the smartphone. The Olympic priceless treasure – “The Medals” which has been the aim of athletes over the years may experience a new twist in design.
The medals for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will likely be designed from discarded smartphones. Organizers of the next Olympic are sourcing for a unique way of creating the gold, silver and bronze medals, according to Nikkel Asian Review’s Ken Sakakibara – Japan’s powerhouse renowned for its “urban mine” houses millions of discarded smartphones and other electronics.
The Verge reveals, Olympic organizers in Tokyo have a blueprint analyzed way back in June, to specially create the 2020 Olympic medals from tons of discarded electronics devices.
There’s abundance of Gold, silver, and bronze deposited as waste according to the Verge reports in 2014, further revealed; 143kg of gold, 1,566kg of silver and 1,112 tons of copper were recovered from Japan as electronic waste. As against 9.6kg of gold, 1,210kg of silver and 700kg of copper which was simply used for the production of the 962 medals awarded in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Clearly, Japan is naturally endowed with excess materials to skillfully produce the new era of medals.
To learn more about how Japan plans to recycle its e-waste for the Tokyo games, click here
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That is really smart of the Japanese to do it that way. As they say, waste not, want not. It made me think ... should I start looking at my old phones for gold? =)
ReplyDeleteWow! I didn't know this. Good Job Japan!
ReplyDeleteJapan has often shown great care to the environment with their resourcefulness. It`s not surprising to know that they have such advanced technologies.
ReplyDeleteJapanese philosophies and technology in action right there. They are really a positive influence on the world in this day and age.
ReplyDeleteThat's really efficient, instead of wasting resources they're going to use the ones that were already used. It's a great idea! Kudos to Japan for doing this.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good move by Japan. This really sends a message of reusing and recycling.
ReplyDeleteWow. This is a great discovery. Technology makes invention just as easier as anything. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteWow! What an unique and welcome idea. This will make a strong statement for environment protection.
ReplyDeleteWow, I hope if this becomes successful, all Olympic future medals can be made from that too! It somehow reminded me of how a percentage of Singapore's water came from our human waste too :P
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