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Making the world

a better place

Camila Fleury

Tom Haslow

with Toyota technology

+ What do we focus on?

Something that effects everyone

AIRMost air pollution is caused by burning fossil fuels

Fossil fuels are burned largely to produce electrical energy

Technology and electronics consume a lot of that energy

WE NEED TO REDUCE THAT

+What can we do?

People are little bit lazyThey don’t like to change their behavior

So we have to make something that is easy for people to use. Without doing

anything differently, they can still make a difference.

+Let’s think about laptops

What if you could reduce energy consumption by using your laptop just like

you do every day?

117 million laptops in the US

The energy they use is the equivalent of 5.5 million barrels of oil per year

+ HYBRID TECHNOLOGY

Electrical Energy Mechanical Energy

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Hybrid Technology

Environmental

Green Key

+Green Key

A new keyboard technology for laptops

+How will it work?

Each key will be connected to a nanogenerator, similar to the hybrid technology in a Toyota Prius, just very very small.

When you type, the mechanical energy produced by the keystroke will be transformed into electricity that will charge the battery.

+How will it work?

Laptops needs more power than mechanical energy alone can provide, that’s why the traditional battery will be kept.

But you can go longer between charges, which means your laptop can stay unplugged more often.

The net energy usage is lower.

+ Why is it good for the consumers?You get more use out of every battery charge

cycleFor the person who is using the computer,

they don’t have to be stuck to the wall outlet. It makes your laptop better by making it more

portable.And that’s the whole point of a laptop.

+Why is it good for the world?

Less energy is sucked out of the wallLess fossil fuel is used to produce that energyLess air pollution

If we could extend battery charge by just 5%, we could save 300,000 barrels of oil per year,

which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Thank you!