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Ideas with impact!

There are no solutions yet - but there are a few ideas.

'With no way to separate mingled crystals, the applications will be lower value - at the moment we can't use your old mobile screens to make new ones,' explains Pete Murphy.

Old liquid crystal could be used in impact-sensitive labels for fragile packages - they would change colour if the box was dropped. Until then most LCD's will be incinerated, stockpiled, or find their way into landfill.



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Old liquid crystal could be used as a guardian of new gadgets.
Old liquid crystal could be used as a guardian of new gadgets.
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