* images above are originally from instructables.com.

Creative Reuse of Electronic Waste

Do you have any obsolete electronics that you are now using for different purpose of use
than originally designed by redsigning, remaking, or as is?
Keep it where it is, take a picture of it, send us a picture, and answer a few questions.

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Take a clear picture of the redesigned electronics object.
 

 Upload Image:

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Answer some brief questions about this object/picture 

1. Provide a title/label for this photo

2. What is this?

3. What was it originally?

4. Why did you remake this?

5. How did you remake this?

6. Check all the boxes that applied to this object.

* Material qualiies* Shape
transparent/transmissive
porous
smooth
fragile
reflective
thin
heavy
soft/malleable
sharp
duplicable 		opaque
impermeable
rough
stiff/rigid
absorbing
thick
light
hard
dull
decomposable 		hollow
concave
spherical/circular/round
block/rectangular
curved
symmetric
complex
others
others

7. Check all the boxes that applied to your remaking means on this object.

attach
burn
fill
glue
melt
sand
smash 		bend
cut
fold
hollow
paste
screw/unscrew
solder 		break
engrave
fuse
lean
paint
scratch/scrape
stack
others

8. Please enter any additional information you would like to comment about the pictured object.


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1. What is your zipcode?

2. What is your age?

3. What is your gender? female male

4.Would you be interested in participating in a follow-up interview?  Yes (email address:  ) No

* Participants of the follow-up interview will be selected among those who agreed to participate only based on the content of the pictures uploaded. The interviewees will be contacted by the email address provided above, and the interview will be conducted via phone or instant messaging. The interview covers the content of the pictures taken in-depth for up to 10 minutes. The follow-up interview participants will be compensated with a $10 amazon gift card.

# I read the consent form of the study, and agree with it.  read
We are researchers at Carnegie Mellon University studying creative reuse of domestic e-waste for sustainability. This study is intended to explore the experience of green activists of how they reuse, redesign, and remanufacture their obsolete electronics for purposes than originally designed. If you have any questions, please contact us at sunyoung.kim@cs.cmu.edu. Thank you!