Reducing electronic waste through the development of an adaptable mobile device

2014 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, SIEDS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 57-62

  Brannon, Madeleine ^a   Graeter, Phillip ^a   Schwartz, Donald ^a   Santos, Joost R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

e waste; electronic waste; mobile device; modular; Phonebloks

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE SETS; WASTES;

E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; MODULAR; PHONEBLOKS; PROOF-OF-CONCEPT DESIGN; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 84903734041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIEDS.2014.6829871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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