Trends in Electronics and Global Finance
In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond mentions the movie Crash: the David Cronenberg one, not the Paul Haggis one. In the “one more damn thing to worry about” file, Nora Young discusses the news that we have done such a poor job of recycling the metals used for electronics such as cell phones, that we’re at risk of running out of them (via New Scientist).
Meanwhile, Cathi mentions this wacky trend: vending machines for gold!
Tags: currency, e-waste, electronics, global financial crisis, vending machines
June 12th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Need more proof that the world is going to gold? Check this out…..
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13gold.html?hp
June 18th, 2010 at 1:40 am
I have often wondered if “mining” of old garbage dumps might not be a viable industry in the next 50-100 years.
Dig up the items we used to throw out 30 years ago.