What do electronics do after they die? Apparently, they dance to Thriller. The Electronics Takeback Coalition is a group that is working to inform the public about ways in which companies build their products to break in order to make sure that their customers keep upgrading. Lots of good info on the site about how to recycle your products, and buying environmentally friendly electronics. There are some scary stats on the site: Almost 100 million TVs were tossed in 2007, and, according to the EPA more than 112,000 computers were thrown out that year. Each day.
As publicity stunts go, the dancing TVs are up there. Frankly, I always thought my CRT had better moves for Billy Jean.
(via takebackmytv)