He would fix things others saw as unfixable, but now this 29-year-old may help fix a problem with the amount of computers thrown away and discarded.
It's called E-Waste, a stress on the environment and an issue Congress is thinking about ways to control.
That's why Macaluso has an idea truly out of the box: the cardboard computer.
It's called the Recompute.
Corrugated cardboard cut, shaped and holding the same things you would find inside most desktops.
Macaluso has made four. They take about six hours each. One is on display at the University of Houston School of Architecture. Macaluso is a U of H graduate.
The lesson here is about building an old product a new way that reduces the carbon footprint or impact on the environment.
Compared to your desktop it takes less people, steps and energy to build a Recompute. It runs cooler because of the corrugation.
Macaluso thinks the Recompute will cost about the same as most desktops, but its impact will be so much more.
He's working with developers to hopefully make it available made-to-order or in a kit you put together.
No word if it would come shipped in a box.
It's called E-Waste, a stress on the environment and an issue Congress is thinking about ways to control.
That's why Macaluso has an idea truly out of the box: the cardboard computer.
It's called the Recompute.
Corrugated cardboard cut, shaped and holding the same things you would find inside most desktops.
Macaluso has made four. They take about six hours each. One is on display at the University of Houston School of Architecture. Macaluso is a U of H graduate.
The lesson here is about building an old product a new way that reduces the carbon footprint or impact on the environment.
Compared to your desktop it takes less people, steps and energy to build a Recompute. It runs cooler because of the corrugation.
Macaluso thinks the Recompute will cost about the same as most desktops, but its impact will be so much more.
He's working with developers to hopefully make it available made-to-order or in a kit you put together.
No word if it would come shipped in a box.
