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It might not be surprising that we didn't head over to the CeBIT technology expo in Germany last week -- we aren't exactly techies -- but our chums at CNET.co.uk certainly did. They reported back with a bit of green news, too, much to our excitement.
PC editor Rory Reid went along and found that computer company Asus has thrown all caution to the wind and unveiled a host of bamboo concept products, among them two bamboo laptops, a bamboo monitor and a bamboo-coated PC called the Essentio 5110.
This isn't actually all that surprising, says Rory -- back in April 2007 he and his Crave friends made a video of the bamboo-clad Asus EcoBook laptop. And they might have to do it all again for bamboo versions of the Asus S6 and U6, which -- back in the day -- were best known for their use of leather.
Whatever bamboo is left over will be used on a part-grass version of the LS201 monitor. (That's the 'scratch-proof' one Rory punched repeatedly in Crave's Space Bubble.)
Finally there's the Essentio 5110, which is a small form-factor PC also made out of bamboo. That's all we know so far, but Rory will be after some more information, plus hands-on access to all these products in the near future -- so stay tuned.
10 March 2008 11:54am
Did you hear about the new 100% wooden laptop? Wooden case, wooden circuit boards, wooden processor... yes, that's right, it wouldn't go... ;-).
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