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The newly founded Stricker PolyRec Company (www.stricker-polyrec.de) has recently launched a large-scale plant for size-reducing, agglomerating and refining engineering plastics waste.
Especially such materials that need a particularly inoffensive treatment such as PET, PA and PC films, nonwovens, filaments, fibres and other plastics can be recycled with this plant in an economic way and without any or with only the slightest thermal degradation or IV drop.
The end product is an agglomerate with excellent flow properties and a high bulk density, free from fines by sifting and screening. The granule size of the end product can vary according to the customer’s specification.

Stricker PolyRec opted for the plastcompactor concept developed by HERBOLD MECKESHEIM GmbH (www.Herbold.com) since it best met the high quality requirements. Due to the short residence time and the special slight sintering process preventing the material from melting, voluminous materials with poor flowing properties can be turned into a 100 % reusable resource.
One example among many is the treatment of PET bottles transformed into clean but badly flowing flat flakes after washing, separation and drying. With the help of the plastcompacting procedure used by Stricker PolyRec, these flakes are not only turned into a material with excellent flow properties, appropriate for a trouble-free gravimetrical dosing for film production lines. In one production step, PET is at the same time completely crystallized.

The heart core of the new plant at Stricker PolyRec is the HERBOLD-Plastcompactor
HV 70 with a 250 kW main drive as well as a fully automatic system control in order to guarantee an unchanging quality.

HERBOLD Meckesheim GmbH designed, developed and delivered this turn-key plant. Special emphasis was given to a universal application of the machine and a quick material change due to an easy access for cleaning.

Egbert Schmidt, the managing director of Stricker PolyRec, was quoted as saying:
“HERBOLD MECKESHEIM presented a convincing concept with a good price-performance ratio. In close cooperation with the manufacturer we succeeded in developing the optimal plant configuration, so we are well prepared for forthcoming recycling problems in accordance with market requirements.”

Agglomeration is also a toll service Stricker PolyRec offers to companies wishing to reuse their plastic waste for their own production.

Herbold Meckesheim GmbH

Ready to make the jump from Guitar Hero plastic guitar to a real one? Gambridge Z-1 enables players to learn guitar techniques while playing video games or by using a vary of guitar learning software. The Gambridge Z-1 supports all major music video games on either a console or PC. It has line-out for headphones, amplifiers, and HiFi Systems. It also has a full fretted neck for real guitar playing. The guitar design itself is extremely sexy and will take the notion of rhythm games to a whole new level. Pricing and availability TBD.

The long anticipated transition from the current generation Focus to what Ford promises to be a revival of the Ford Focus success can be now previewed at the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in the form of the 2011 Focus or, as Ford calls it, the next generation Focus.

With some design cues inspired from those used on the Fiesta (Ford’s kinetic design philosophy) and with two versions (four-door sedan and five-door hatchback), the Focus will be launched at the … (read more)

We love our iMac, and the more interesting accessories the better. After all, why should its iPhone/iPod cousins have all the fun. The new i360 iMac Turntable allows folks to safely display and share your work easily with another person next to you. As we all know, the iMac can be kind of clumsy when you need to turn it around. Just slip the iMac into this i360’s base and it becomes an easy to move pu pu platter. The i360 is available in 2 sizes-  17/20 inch or a 24 inch iMac Cinema Display. Pricing ranges from $39 to $44.

Heartland Renewable Energy was established in 2006, according to the company’s Web site, to capitalize on promising new anaerobic digester technology that converts organic wastes into methane-rich biogas. The gas production from pilot digester tests …

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Most of us are all too familiar with the feeling of being stressed — your heart races, your breathing becomes rapid and shallow, your blood pressure rises and your hands become cold or clammy as blood flow is directed to your limbs to prepare for escape. However, most of the time there is no escape, as we sit in front of our computers or trapped in traffic!

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He may not win the Dakar Rally this year, but French driver Stephane Peterhansel sure plans to grab as many stage wins as possible in the South-American event. The X-Raid BMW driver won his 3rd stage of the 2010 competition, from Antofagasta to Copiapo, alongside the Chilean coast.

Although his win on Sunday – his 54th career overall in the Dakar Rally – did not get him much closer to the leading pack of Volkswagens, Peterhansel did climb up to 4th overall in the car standings, wh… (read more)

It’s a virtually indisputable fact: Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 is as visually stunning an Android as we’ve seen thus far and is quite possibly – in my mind – the sexiest phone on deck for 2010. With a 4″ capacitive touchscreen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8 MP cam, great Android theming, some sleek custom apps that change the user experience, and incredibly slick lines, this phone has been an object of desire for me for some time. It has shared, perhaps, the top position on the list of phones I would like to personally own this year, along with Google’s Nexus One. However, after getting to spend a little time with the gadget at CES in Las Vegas, it may have fallen down a rung or two.

I still can’t think of another phone I’d like more to be seen with, but a little bit bit of touch screen poking and dabbling has me thinking that Nexus One stands head and shoulders above the X10 when it comes to interaction. I should point out that the X10s I held were running Android 1.6 and that the custom SE software sitting on top of it was not ready for the masses. Some delayed response – and a bit of non-responsiveness – was expected. What I wasn’t expecting was how dramatically that affected my experience with the X10. I found myself wondering if it was due solely to the stage of development that the software was in or if that somewhat cheap feeling touch screen had something to do with it. Knowing Sony Ericsson, the screen probably wasn’t cheap at all and I don’t expect the product to be the most affordable Android on the Market.

In terms of software, SE is onto something great…and beautiful. What we once knew as Rachael, and what they refer to as the Nexus UX (user experience) is gorgeous. I’ve heard concerns from a few people that thought all that blue might get tiring eventually, and while I can see the possibility, it certainly wouldn’t prevent me from grabbing one had I the spare means. Where SE’s hand really stands out is in two applications that effectively change the way a user accesses two of what are quickly becoming the most important and frequently used data on cell phones: media and social information.

Timescape and Mediascape offer the user a deck of cards, each card representing – in the case of Timescape – a single instance of social interaction from a given individual. Within the deck of cards, you can swipe through a timeline of entires and filter via social network, calls, SMS, email, etc. It’s the same kind of data aggregation you’ll find in Sense or Motoblur, with an original presentation and uber-drool-worthy design. I have no complaints about the Nexus UX and am glad to know SE will be releasing it on other devices

Another aspect of the phone that just jumped out as me as super sexy was the white color option. It was even better in person. The lines of the phone, minima hardware buttons, size and shape become even more luxurious in that stunning lusterous white finish.And the blue theming throughout the UI takes on a icy, cool vibe that I think is missing from the black version. It’s truly a sight to behold, and looking at one resting in the palm of your hand is definitely enough to cause a few butterflies. If you’re into awesome tech design, that is.

We don’t currently have a street date or price on the X10, though it’s expected to hit Rogers Wireless in Canada this Spring. I’m interested to see what kind of pricepoint they can deliver this stylish chunk of kit at. Maybe that light, smudgy screen will bring it into the realm of reason. Sony Ericsson will be seeling apps via their PlayNow store. Until there’s more news on the X10, expect to be hearing a lot of buzz regarding it’s *little* sister, currently referred to as Robyn.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a short appearance for an on-stage interview at the Crunchies conference on Friday. He touched on some of the broad subjects surrounding Facebook at the moment, nothing spectacular, except his view on the recent privacy changes at the social network and online privacy as a whole, which has managed to c… (read more)

Former Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman was reportedly thrown out of an Orange County, California restaurant last week for drunk and disorderly conduct.

Rodman was enjoying drinks at Waterfalls inside the Atrium Hotel when police received complaints from patrons about the retired NBA star’s drunken behavior, sources told gossip website TMZ.com.

Witnesses say Dennis had at least one vodka drink before police were contacted and asked the star to leave. He was cooperative with the officers and eventually agreed to leave the establishment peacefully. Rodman was not cited.

Lenovo has re-launched the all-in-one desktop form factor with the IdeaCentre A300 – the industry’s thinnest all-in-one. With an elegant asymmetrical design that conceals the PC in its base instead of conventionally having the PC behind the screen, the A300 has a depth of just 18.5mm for its 21.5” Full HD LED panel. Wow, that’s sleek.

The IdeaCentre A300 features the unique Lenovo Enhanced Experience certification that delivers an optimized boot and shutdown process, rich multimedia capabilities and easy system maintenance tools. With up to Intel Core 2 Duo processors, the A300 comes with fun applications for a TV-like experience, including CamSuite software for enhanced facial tracking and image effects via the desktop’s integrated web camera. Standard accessories include wireless Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for more comfortable computing in the living room, and it supports HDMI in/out for connecting to other High-Definition devices like a TV. The A300 also includes integrated high-speed 802.11n Wi-Fi and Lenovo Rescue System software to quickly and easily recover data if a document is lost or becomes corrupt. Sounds like this one is going to be popular.

In the dog eat dog world of the CE business, margins are low and money – especially in this economy – is tight. That’s why a number of smaller vendors, including some we talked to in Vegas, took rooms in local hotels or ran “peripheral” events in other venues. The Daily Tech reports that some of those vendors have been ousted by the hotels themselves after the CEA, the organization that runs CES, convinced management to force them out.

Why? Because the CEA requires payments of $100,000 and up to exhibit at CES and their inability to pay for formal space at the show or in one of the show’s official hotel spaces is apparently an affront to the gadget gods. While the CEA puts on a nice show, it is my opinion that trade shows are dinosaurs and the extortionist tactics used by CEA to convince Las Vegas hotel to do things like this is an affront to capitalism and whatever else is good and wholesome about a massive trade show in a resort city in the middle of the desert.

In the end, CES is place where CE companies troll for customers. If the CEA wants to increase barriers to entry to their perceived value-add proposition, more power to them. Just don’t expect vendors to play nice next year in this game of cat and mouse.

If you’ve been booted, let us know. We’d love to hear your story.

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Gosh, did anything happen last week? Oh yeah: there was that one show, the Consumer Electronics Show. Good times – here’s what we liked:

Amongst all the rumors of tablets, here is finally some interesting news. The Ideapad U1 Hybrid Notebook was engineered to provide consumers with two PCs in one device and each with its own processor and operating system so that they work together and independently as either a clamshell laptop or a multitouch slate tablet. What is equally impressive is that it is 3.8 pounds light  and has a very light design. With its unique detach-and-converge design, users can easily remove the screen to instantly switch from clamshell mode into a multitouch slate tablet. When the IdeaPad U1 is in its traditional clamshell form, the system utilizes an 11.6 inch HD LED screen and runs Windows 7. When the 1.6 pound, multitouch screen is removed, it becomes an independent slate tablet with a powerful ARM processor, running Lenovo’s customized Skylight operating system.

 

The two devices can synchronize to work as one with the ability to share battery power, 3G wireless, data and documents. In this way, the base laptop system can serve as a hub and docking station and the slate tablet as a mobile device. The two PCs have been engineered to work together and independently through Lenovo’s Hybrid Switch technology that enables seamless toggling between the two processors. By now you should be drooling.

The IdeaPad U1’s laptop and tablet modes each support more than five hours of 3G Web browsing and 60 hours of 3G standby. In addition, the U1 comes with an integrated video camera and two stereo speakers with an integrated microphone with echo cancellation make this the ideal PC for users who need flexibility but do not want to compromise features or functionality. It will be available June 1, 2010 with an estimated retail price of around $1000. Check out Lenovo for more info.

American manufacturer GMC will unveil a new concept dubbed Granite at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. The concept is, GMC says, inspired by industrial design and "packs functionality aimed at young professionals".

"Granite was conceived as a new type of vehicle from GMC – one that could stretch people’s ideas of what a GMC can be, Lisa Hutchinson, product marketing director for GMC said in a release. We call it an ‘urban utility vehicle’ and … (read more)

Hi there! I’m Peggy, guest blogging for Jenny. I blog over at Local Nourishment, where I’m learning the art of Slow and SOLE food. Jenny’s on a beach eating tropical fruit with a cool coconut water in her hand right about now, and has asked me to guest blog a post. We had two inches of snow in our Southeastern U.S. state this week, but Jenny’s trip to the warm sands has made me yearn for salad.

For many seasonal eaters, the word “salad” takes a rest from our vocabulary when the last leaf falls in autumn. It can be difficult to base a side dish on leafy greens in winter, and for some, cold weather makes digesting lettuce difficult. But in addition to heavier root vegetables, I can have trouble coming up with enough side dishes to balance a meal and take the main focus off meat. And no matter the season, I do enjoy a cool or slightly warmed side dish next to heavier, hotter foods on my plate.

I was determined not to buy organic lettuce shipped across the country this winter, but to find local, seasonal choices for that other side dish. So, here are my five favorite winter salads, and one recipe.

1. Pear slices tossed with bleu cheese, dressed with olive oil and red wine vinegar and topped with crispy walnuts
2. Thinly sliced cabbage, roasted in a hot pan for a few seconds, then cooled; tossed with a diced apple and dressed with sesame oil and apple cider vinegar into which a little crème fraiche has been whisked
3. Lightly steamed then chilled kohlrabi slices, drizzled with a dressing of cream and dill and sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds
4. Tangerine slices, dressed with a very slightly warmed sauce of cream, honey, grated ginger, vanilla and an egg yolk; dusted very lightly with cocoa powder
5. Sliced roasted golden beets, cooled and tossed with walnut oil, sprinkled with chopped flat leaf parsley and a grating of Parmesan cheese

Citrus Fennel Salad

Although each ingredient has a very distinct flavor of its own, each bite of this salad makes a unique combination of flavors.

Dressing:

¼ cup cold pressed, organic olive oil
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tablespoons dried mint

Combine in a jar, shake well and set aside.

Salad:

1 fennel bulb
2 oranges
4 ounces ripe black olives
arugula and red kale, for base

Wash and trim arugula and kale leaves and put on serving plates. Remove green stems from fennel bulb and reserve. Wash and dry fennel bulb and chop, add to plates. Peel and chop oranges and add to plates. Roughly chop olives and add to plates. Shake dressing again and distribute over the top of each serving. Remove a few fronds from the fennel stems and sprinkle over the top of the salads. Serves 6.

The reserved fennel stems are a wonderful addition to soups and stews (remove before serving) so don’t throw them out!

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