Circuit Board Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:51:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Startup Addresses Wind Turbine Design Flaws with Circuit Boards https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-startup-addresses-wind-turbine-design-flaws-with-circuit-boards-20121218/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-startup-addresses-wind-turbine-design-flaws-with-circuit-boards-20121218/#respond Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:51:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29985 Boulder Wind Power believes it has figured out a way to combat the increasing size of wind turbines, which have become increasingly heavier and bulkier over the years. The company aims to make turbines lighter by utilizing a generator that incorporates a circuit board design as one of its main components. Traditional generators are comprised […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-startup-addresses-wind-turbine-design-flaws-with-circuit-boards-20121218/feed/ 0 29985 Self-Disassembling Circuit Board Paves the Way for Reusable and Recyclable Computer Parts https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-disassembling-circuit-board-paves-the-way-for-reusable-and-recyclable-computer-parts-20121116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-disassembling-circuit-board-paves-the-way-for-reusable-and-recyclable-computer-parts-20121116/#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:16:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28176 A printed circuit board that falls apart when submerged in hot water has been created by researchers at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL). This innovative new technique allows resistors, capacitors, and integrated circuits to be removed intact, thereby eliminating downtime between recovery and reuse. Amazingly, the self-disassembling circuit board is made of unzippable polymeric […]

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