| ▲ | bArray 3 days ago |
| Amazing tear down and such compact design, but it's such a shame that these devices are glued together. Every time you see a glued device, just think "future e-waste". |
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| ▲ | madeofpalk 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| This criticism seems fair of devices with consumable parts, like batteries. But of a charger? How can this be anything other than waste once it's no longer useful? |
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| ▲ | oulipo2 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Exactly! Shameless plug: we do a repairable design for e-bike battery which uses no glue (https://gouach.com) |
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| ▲ | bArray 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Really nice, and in the future those cells could be upcycled or repaired. The design is also quite dense. To be clear, I have designed high-density electronics myself which were repairable - it's tough but doable. | | |
| ▲ | oulipo2 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Exactly! It's known that recycling pristine cells that haven't been glued/welded etc makes it much easier and efficient to recover lithium, so that's also a win for recycling |
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| ▲ | fuzzfactor 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Not bad, I thought the folding prongs on this Apple adapter made it a fairly shameless plug itself :) | | |
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