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Dell 'O Project' PC is part green computer, part potted plant

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When Dell commissioned a design contest for green computers, Mexican industrial designer Luis Luna took the term "green" literally. He created O Project, a design concept featuring a couple of round PCs that take Dell's bamboo-clad Studio Hybrid idea a step further, adding a place to grow a small plant inside.

While that tiny organism planted within the machine isn't going to gobble up even a fraction of the CO2 created during the manufacture and use of such a PC, it certainly cuts down on the visual pollution of most garden-variety beige box computers, and gets you at least thinking green. Click Continue for a horizontally oriented version of this aesthetically pleasing design.

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What a unique PC's design..:-) You are right about this : although it is a little plant, at least gets us thinking ...More »


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By DJ at 4:03 AM ON 10/03/08

Nice, especially the vertical version, though I trust parts are waterproofed, come feeding time! Let's hope the dull logo is a peel-off sticker.

However, many of us have integrated computers (iMac et al), and I suspect only power-users are going for towers in future - and they are unlikely to want a built-in plant featurette.

By laptops computers at 12:30 PM ON 02/10/09

What a unique PC's design..:-) You are right about this : although it is a little plant, at least gets us thinking green.LOL


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