Students recognized for eco-friendly kiosk design
May 11, 2009
Skokie Review: Two groups of University of Illinois students have been awarded more than $7,000 in tuition credits for their environmentally friendly kiosk designs in the school's first Sustainable E-waste Design Competition, held April 16.Taking top honors in the competition's "Artist/Designer" category was a small-footprint visitor-information kiosk made from re-used steel computer cases featuring recycled materials that include a CRT monitor, motherboard and hard drives, as well as navigation tools made from discarded computer mouses and keyboard components.Also recognized, in the "Technical/Geek" category, was a kiosk made from repurposed e-waste and designed to encourage the recycling of everyday consumer materials, such as bottles, cans and paper.