Clustering obsolete computers to reduce e-waste

Title: Clustering obsolete computers to reduce e-waste
Creator: Lynar, Timothy M.; Simon; Herbert, Ric D.; Chivers, William J.
Relation: International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 1-10
Relation: http://www.igi-global.com/article/clustering-obsolete-computers-reduce-waste/38992
Publisher: IGI Global
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2010
Description: Personal computers contribute significantly to the growing problem of electronic waste. Every computer, when finished with, must be stored, dumped, recycled, or somehow re-used. Most are dumped, at a huge cost to health and the environment, as their owners succumb to the desire to keep up with the ever-increasing power of new computers. Supercomputers and computer clusters provide more power than ordinary desktop and laptop computers, but they too are subject to rapid obsolescence. The authors have built a cluster of obsolete computers and have found that it easily outperforms a fairly standard new desktop computer. They explore how this approach can help to mitigate e-waste, and discuss the advantages and limitations of using such a system.
Subject: cluster computing; e-waste; obselete computers; recycling; WEEE
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931874
Identifier: uon:11192
Identifier: ISSN:1941-868X
Language: eng
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