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Easiest Laptop to Disassemble Under a Min From Dell Brings Self Repairing More Close to Consumers

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To make devices thinner, many of the best laptops are increasingly soldering down components, which results in worse repairability and more e-waste. With the most recent breakthroughs, Dell's Concept Luna, an attempt to address this issue, has the potential to fundamentally alter how laptops are built and maintained. Long in development, Concept Luna's concept is straightforward: develop a closed-loop system for manufacturing, repairing, and recycling laptop components. I witnessed the whole disassembly of a laptop in well under 60 seconds as a display of how far Dell engineers had carried the idea. And by switching out memory or RAM, I don't just mean that. When I saw the Concept Luna in person, it initially appeared to be a high-end laptop. However, in less than a minute, the battery, display, and entire motherboard had all been taken out of the device. Similar thinking has been used in notebooks like the Framework Laptop, but Concept Luna goes one step further by doing away with screws altogether. In order to gain access to the internals from above rather than below, a little tool must be popped off the keyboard through the Kensington lock. After that, every part—including the battery—snaps into place like Lego bricks. The only component that required actually removing a connection was the display, and even that was done quickly. [caption id="attachment_72732" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Dell's Modular Laptop Image: digitaltrends[/caption] According to Dell, a better method of producing laptops is required since "it can take recycling partners more than an hour to disassemble a PC with today's technology, held together with screws, glues, and different soldered components." The repair and disassembly operations could be greatly sped up and simplified using Concept Luna, increasing component accessibility and reusing opportunity. Both the environment and Dell's financial performance benefit from reusing obsolete PC components. It is simple to envision the potential uses for a laptop constructed in this manner. A laptop that can be easily repaired or upgraded immediately comes to mind. Naturally, I suppose not all of these components would be ones you could simply pick up at a store. For this reason, Dell envisions selling it using a "PC as a service" approach; something that would be sent in when it required an upgrade or repair. [caption id="attachment_72733" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Dell's Modular Laptop Image: digitaltrends[/caption] The more daring experiments of Concept Luna take place there. A completely automated disassembly robot that could perform After all, the only thing that despises screws more than people are perhaps robots. The robot was reportedly working at just 5% of its maximum pace, according to Dell, to give you a sense of how effective this could be on a large scale. In fact, it was so simple and intuitive that a robot could also complete the task. In addition to demonstrating the laptop itself, Dell also demonstrated how a fully automated system might transform these modular computers into a profitable enterprise. After all, recycling obsolete PC components is advantageous for Dell's financial position as well as the environment. [caption id="attachment_72738" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Dell's Modular Laptop Image: Dell[/caption] In a news statement, Dell claimed that it had "developed something with the potential to cause a seismic change in the industry and drive circularity at scale" by combining Luna's environmentally friendly design with cognitive telemetry and robotic automation. "A single sustainable item is one thing, but the real opportunity is the potential influence on millions of electronic products sold every year, and optimizing the materials in those devices for future reuse, refurbishment, or recycling." This "telemetry" is actually a collection of intelligent sensors that can assess the condition of each of the replaceable parts of the gadget. The robot arm will then pick the appropriate tool, pop the keyboard off with its suctions, and take the component out in a matter of seconds. This is crucial, according to Dell, because frequently, only a few components will sustain the majority of wear and tear from a single user. One person who docks their laptop might never use the keyboard, whilst another person might use it nonstop. [caption id="attachment_72737" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Dell's Modular Laptop Image : Dell[/caption] "To extend the lifespan of individual components, our Concept Luna development can outfit and connect them to telemetry. The simplest way to compare it to how we maintain our cars is to say that when we need new tires or brakes, we don't just toss the whole thing out. Dell plainly hopes that Concept Luna will transform the way that laptops are created, distributed, and maintained. Undoubtedly, it is ambitious. Although switching all of Dell's operations to something Concept Luna-inspired would be a significant change, a dramatic solution is required to address the issue. Even though it might take many years for Concept Luna to materialize, I for one am pleased that Dell is taking the issue of e-waste seriously by continuing to invest in it.

By Monica Green

I am specialised in latest tech and tech discoveries.

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