Turning electronic waste into tiny robot pendants

February 25, 2017 10:22 AM

Romanian artist 11pixeli (Andreea Strete) turns electronic waste headed for the landfill into tiny robots you can wear around your neck. (You can see all the robots on a single page here.) Artist's Instagram.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl (7 comments total)

So cute! I would wonder about cadmium and lead, and if the resin is enough to keep those contained.
posted by 41swans at 10:44 AM on February 25, 2017

Super cute and creative!
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 11:48 AM on February 25, 2017

There's one reminds me of Gir.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 1:40 PM on February 25, 2017

There was a shop that used to robots similar to these In the Lama Temple Hutong in beijing, but they had movable joints. Always regretted not getting one.
posted by thegirlwiththehat at 3:07 PM on February 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

If these are from mass manufactured devices, they probably used lead free soldier, which is the bane of the hobbyist but is required for RoHS certification. The components look to be relatively inert. The capacitors are mostly plastic film and ceramic types (a few electrolytics here and there), and the resistors are just carbon. I don't think there would be any cadmium, as I don't see any NiCd cells (or any cells for that matter), which have pretty much fallen out of favor anyway.
posted by Rhomboid at 8:36 PM on February 25, 2017

I swear this headline read "Turning electronic waste into tiny robotic pedants", and I assumed it was another reddit post.
posted by DigDoug at 7:33 AM on February 26, 2017 [2 favorites]

Nothing's getting out of that resin.
posted by fiercecupcake at 2:23 PM on February 26, 2017