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January - 2008 - issue > Tech Tracker
Asustek's Eco Book encased in bamboo
Christo Jacob
Named ‘Eco Book’, it has a case made of laminated bamboo strips available in different shades. The product is still in the prototype stage and engineers are testing out to see if bamboo, which has to endure extreme conditions while allowing heat from microprocessors and monitors to escape, is suitable for laptops.
Harvesting bamboo, an abundant, pliant, durable, and fast-growing grass, is unlikely to harm the environment as processing wood from trees might, Asustek said, although glues and laminates for shaping and reinforcing the material sometimes contain toxins. The move is to differentiate Asustek from other notebook makers. The company is planning to release the bamboo encased laptops by 2008.
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