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Fujitsu to show laptop with wooden case

By Martyn Williams , IDG News Service , 04/14/2008
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Could this be the environmentally friendly laptop PC of the future? Fujitsu will unveil later this week a laptop PC with a case manufactured from wood rather than the more traditional plastic or metal.

The laptop, which is only a prototype, uses cedar wood for the case and also makes use of bio-plastics for parts. Bio-plastics are plastics produced from renewable sources such as vegetable oil rather than petroleum used in traditional plastics.

The laptop PC carries the names of Fujitsu and Monacca, a Japanese design team that specializes in wooden products. Monacca has a range of furniture and bags made from wood on sale via its Web site and recently launched a desktop calculator with a distinctive large, round wooden case.

While the all-wood PC may not be ready for commercialization Fujitsu has been pursuing the use of bio-plastics in its other laptops. In 2002 it began working on using corn to produce a bio-plastic and the result of that project can now be seen on Japanese computer store shelves. Fujitsu's Biblo NX95 laptop has a 30% bio-plastic case.

The two PCs will be part of the "Japan Design 2008" exhibition that will take place as part of the Milan Salone design show in Italy.

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Wooden CaseBy Anonymous on April 30, 2008, 8:49 amThis instantly made me think of the Futurama episode "Obsoletely Fabulous". That was reason enough for me to like it.

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