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  Cell phone has become a necessity in our daily lives, many people cannot live without one. We keep in touch through cell phones from anywhere. Then we came up with a question, how many cell phones do we use in our lifetime and where do broken and used up cell phones end up? According to article "Cell Phone Pollution" by Joshua Vadney, "American gets a new mobile phone at least once every 18 to 24 months. That averages out to 34 phones during a lifetime if you purchased your first phone starting at the age of 18" Many people are interested in purchasing new cell phones, but are unaware of harmfulness of the used up cell phone as they contain toxic materials to the environment. Our team examined the design of the cell phone and cell phone charger's main composition; lithium, and how it is harmful to the environment. Thus we came up with new design that is more attractive to the buyers and is environmental friendly.  This Design is environment-friendly while it is aesthetically beautiful. First, the hardware wouldn’t be the normal square shaped. It will be flower-shaped: there will be 5 round shapes of petals, and the center would be the monitor. Each five petals are the battery holders. The center circle is the monitor, and it will have multi-touch interface. Since the phone is a folder-type, the upper monitor can be the monitor for camera, and the lower monitor would show the other menu items while the upper monitor functions as a camera monitor. The camera would be located on a petal. When upper monitor is not used to be a camera monitor, it will show the menu items that you tapped at the lower monitor. Additionally, you can also play games. You can also place the monitors horizontally, and it will be one big screen to play a game. On the outside of the cell phone, there will be a mirror on the center piece, so it can also function as a mirror.  The battery will be bio-battery. The cell phone will not use the lithium battery. Instead, sugar battery will replace the traditional battery. The sugar will generate the electric energy for the cell phone. Each petal will hold the sugars. When the battery is low, the petal’s color will be changed. For example, if the amount of sugar is low on one petal, that petal will change its color only. Others will remain the same color. Since we use sugar as a cell phone battery, it won’t cause any harm to environment, and it will decompose itself while we use the cell phone. Also, it will add sweet scent to the phone, so it has multi-function as a scent. The petals will be connected to each other through a hole, so it will be easy to fill the sugar battery.  One more convenient thing of the sugar battery is that it is easy to refill any time at anywhere. You can use any food that contains sugar to fill the battery, if the food is liquidized easily. You can use the white sugar or brown sugar; you can also use coke or any other pop drinks. The sugar drink is easy to find anywhere, and cheap to buy. It is a revolutionary concept of cell phone battery that is environment friendly and also economic.     <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Cell Phone Pollution __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Most people don't realize it, but cell phones are becoming a huge contribution to pollution on our planet right now. The average American gets a new mobile phone at least once every 18 to 24 months. That averages out to 34 phones during a lifetime if you purchased your first phone starting at the age of 18, staggeringly there are many kids who have them even younger.? (Vadney 2010) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Also, Cell phone batteries contain toxic chemicals like rsenic, Lead, and Copper, in addition to Cadmium, Mercury and Beryllium (a carcinogen which has been linked to cancer) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Eco-Phone __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">ECO-CELL is the premiere cell phone recycling program for environmentally minded fundraisers. Our passion is to provide our conservation partners with the most profitable, easy to use and environmentally sound cell phone recycling program possible? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">(Eco-Cell 2008) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Instead of recycling the actual cell phone, we thought of recycling the batteries. Since the toxic batteries are harmful and hazardous to humans and also to nature, we came up with the idea of getting the energy from sugar battery. Using sugar battery will solve the problem of recycling and also the chemical toxic problem. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">It is economic because sugar battery won’t cost as high as the chemical batteries we are using right now, and it is going to disappear as the battery is getting low, so we don’t have to worry about how to recycle the broken batteries. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Ergonomic __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The phone is a simple flower shaped folder. Because it has five petals, it is easy to grip and it is pretty simple to follow once you open the folder. It is a touch-phone, so it is also fun to get to know how to use the phone while you poke the menus on the screen. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Gibson’s Affordance Theory __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The phone is easy to figure out. While you are calling, the upper screen will function as a monitor and the lower screen will function as a key pad. The camera is right above the upper screen, so it is pretty straightforward where to look and the key pad will be automatically on the lower screen, it is easy to know where to touch. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Gestalt Laws of Pattern Perception __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The similarity of color and difference of color is important. The petals are originally red, then it will turn yellow to alarm the low battery. The continuity is used throughout the whole circular design. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Aesthetic View __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The phone also functions as an accessory. It is flower-shaped to represent the economic function of the phone, and also to satisfy the aesthetic point of view. You can hang the phone to your bag as an accessory. Also, there is a mirror in front of the phone, so it double-functions as a mirror. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">3D Computer Visualization __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Using the 3D computer visualization, the detailed shape of the phone can be shown. The 3d shaped petals (battery holder) will show how the phone is easy to grip, and how the circular shapes form the flower shaped phone. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The Final Submissions will be __ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- 3D rendered image <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- 3D animation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Write-up <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Power point presentation slides <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Other additional materials (possibly) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Jin Sun Park __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Write up <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Research <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- 3D Rendered Image& Animation <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Power point slides <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Group Presentation <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Injeong Baek __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Putting together wiki <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Research <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- 3D Rendered Image& Animation <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Power point slides <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">- Group Presentation <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> [] [] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">
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