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Are you submitting for the ReGeneration Design Competition?

Just like a small plant, this competition has grown and flourished into a large movement from a very simple idea.   We were originally thinking about how to nurture an open and honest dialogue with academics and design students around the world about the designing for next level of environmentally responsible computing technologies.

A big break-through came when we decided not to claim any intellectual property rights from the entries and instead share the ideas with the world so we could build a global community around what it means to be a green computing product, now and into the future.  Students make up a big part of what we’ve already received.

One of the common inquiries  we’ve been getting is “what should I submit?”   That’s a good question.   The competition was purposely set up to allow for broad interpretation of what the future of green computing truly means so we wouldn’t blind people with current thinking and current paradigms.  We’re also looking for exciting ways in which to express these new ideas.  Sketches, a video, renderings, CAD drawings, photography, etc.  The judges for the competition were recently announced on the ReGeneration blog.  All we need now are your submissions. 

What do you think?  What would make for a winning submission?

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Interesting comment.

 

How about naturing some open and honest advertising? 

 
Jesse McJohnson
Sometimes in using a computer, the less complex the system is, the more capable of being simple and powerful the computer becomes, ie. Less is More, More is Less. Using simple desktop designs and laptop designs is sometimes more preferable to having more "lights and buttons" all over the system. To me, a good laptop useful for applications such as Corel Draw, Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, and for gaming does not need to have a lighted "mediabutton" row nor to have a ton of media card readers in the system. I typically use my digital camera itself for downloading my photos and use a handy USB key/flash drive for moving files from one computer to another unless there is a Wi-Fi or ethernet network connection. As long as the system has a good ATI or NVidia video card in the system, along with a large touchpad and keyboard, on a laptop all of the other buttons are just fancy "fluff" that uses additional driver software and are additional mechanics that can be prone to breaking down and causing issues. By using less of these unnecessary extras, the manufacturing process is eased slightly, as is the Windows/graphical Linux drivers compatibilities and even the overall end-user friendliness. Some end-user customers get frustrated with laptop PC's complexity and "over-engineering."