Chances are you have a shelf of CDs collecting dust somewhere. A design studio partnered with one of the biggest names in music to make them useful. Pentatonic, a design and tech company that focuses ...

The Nimble Disc Case is an iPhone case made from 100% recycled compact discs. Yes, there is a chance that this awesome clear case is made from parts of the N’Sync, Britney Spears, or Sublime CDs you ...

Technological innovation is here to stay. With it comes the struggle to control e-waste and its assault on the environment. So the three co-founders of Nimble for Good, PBC have combined their ...

After pondering what to do with the ten boxes of DVDs and CDs in storage, I decided to try to use them as ornaments on a fence, a kind of "yard art." It is a tragedy that they are made of various ...

From “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” to “I Will Survive,” music from 1940 to the year 2000 made up the compact disc wind chime that Senior Ms. Five Hills Dawn Hale created for nursing home residents. “As I ...

“I try to find out if a given material can transcend itself, transcend its origins, transcend its appearance,” said artist Tara Donovan as we walked around her latest sculptures, intricate columnar ...

Where do CDs go to die? By Sandra E. Garcia Every day, for the past 14 years, Bruce Bennett has received packages filled with CDs. Sometimes a few at a time and sometimes in packs of hundreds, shiny ...

The new Xbox Wireless Controller - Remix Special Edition is being released just in time for Earth Day, with recovered plastics from reclaimed materials making up a third of its physical design. It ...

New research offers a second life for CDs: Turn them into flexible biosensors that are inexpensive and easy to manufacture. New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York offers ...

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