Irish designer Sadhbh Doherty has designed a special and ingenious way to retain the digital memories held by disposed phones.
According to designer, users will get back the digital memory from their used phones in the form a bead, called the 'Arcque,' that contains a memory chip which can be read by a bluetooth-enabled device. The bead is made from a plastic derived from pulverized circuit boards. The bead is powered by a kinetic motor.
Implications - Getting a new phone is a difficult decision, with all of the memories, photos and information they now store. This Arcque bead promises to store the digital memories of your phone so that you can carry those memories with you wherever you go.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Digital Memory Preservation
- Irish designer Sadhbh Doherty's 'Arcque' bead provides a solution to preserve the digital memories of disposed phones.
- Sustainable Product Design
- The use of pulverized circuit boards derived plastic in 'Arcque' bead highlights the opportunity for sustainable product design in the digital industry.
- Kinetic Energy-powered Devices
- 'Arcque' bead's use of a kinetic motor provides an opportunity for the development of more sustainable, energy-efficient devices.
Where This Applies
- Mobile Phone Industry
- The 'Arcque' bead presents an opportunity for phone makers to offer innovative solutions for digital memory preservation.
- Electronic Waste Management Industry
- The use of pulverized circuit boards derived plastic in 'Arcque' bead presents a sustainable value-adding proposition for the electronic waste management industry.
- Sustainable Energy Industry
- The use of kinetic energy in the 'Arcque' bead highlights an opportunity for sustainable energy research and development in the tech industry.
