The Plantbook laptop, designed by Seunggi Baek & Hyerim Kim, is another effort to green the world.

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Not exactly what I meant, but you get the picture. This laptop, inspired by trees, uses a form of photosynthesis.  Just like leaves, it absorbs sunlight using solar panels and energy from the hydrogen in a simple cup of water (that the battery sits in).  Then Voila! your battery is charged and at the same time releases oxygen, helping the environment around it.  Though you may think having to change the battery in  your computer may be a pain, that’s the price you have to pay to help the environment.

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In specific terms, the designers explain:

“The system uses an external water tank, hence the Plantbook continuously absorbs water when soaking it in water and generates electrolysis using power stored in a solar heat plate installed on the top. In this process, it is operated using hydrogen as energy source and discharges oxygen. If you put it into a water bottle while you don’t use the laptop, it automatically charges a battery and discharges oxygen. A leaf-shaped strap hanging on the top is made with silicon. It plays a role of a hand ring and a green LED indicates when the battery is charged. Using this LED, users can check how much spare capacity the batter has.”

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The Plantbook is certainly an innovative idea, making laptops much more energy efficient, while also looking pretty awesome.  I mean, look at Beijing or Mexico City, when you go there you have to wear a mask it’s so bad.  This idea, along with electric cars and other eco-friendly products, will hopefully help revive the ecosystem closer to what it was BEFORE we humans started to damage it.

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