Building on work in human-computer interaction that aims to incorporate sustainability and reuse into the field, researchers introduce 'garbatrage,' a framework for prototype builders centered around repurposing underused devices.
To Ilan Mandel, a Cornell University robotics researcher and builder, the math didn't add up. How could a new, off-the-shelf hoverboard cost less than the parts that compose it?
While sourcing wheels and motors from old hoverboards to build what would become a fleet of trash robots in New York City, Mandel inadvertently uncovered the subject of his newest research:"Recapturing Product as Material Supply: Hoverboards as Garbatrage," which received an honorable mention at the Association for Computing Machinery conference on Designing Interactive Systems in July.
Building on work in human-computer interaction that aims to incorporate sustainability and reuse into the field, the Cornell pair introduces"garbatrage," a framework for prototype builders centered around repurposing underused devices. Mandel and Ju use their repurposing of hoverboards -- the hands-free, motorized scooters that rolled in and out of popularity around 2016 -- as a test case to highlight the economic factors that create opportunities for garbatrage.
"I think that there's a real need to appreciate the heterogeneity of hardware that we are surrounded by all the time and look at it as a resource," Mandel said."What is often deemed as garbage can be full of value and can be made useful if you are willing to do some bridge work."
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