SlashPhone » Touch Wood http://www.slashphone.com Worldwide mobile phone news, reviews and wireless innovations Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:45:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NTT DoCoMo Develops Mobile Phone Prototype Using Surplus Wood http://www.slashphone.com/ntt-docomo-develops-mobile-phone-prototype-using-surplus-wood-066962 http://www.slashphone.com/ntt-docomo-develops-mobile-phone-prototype-using-surplus-wood-066962#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:44:26 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=6962 NTT DoCoMo has developed the mobile phone prototype made with the surplus wood of trees culled during thinning operations to maintain healthy forests. The prototype was created in collaboration with Sharp Corporation, Olympus Corporation and “more trees,” a reforestation project founded by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and others.

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The authentic cypress wood body of the prototype, which is named TOUCH WOOD, features excellent durability and resistance to water, insects and mildew thanks to special three-dimensional compression molding developed by Olympus Corporation. Conventional natural wood is not suitable for use as mobile phone bodies because they tend to wear out quickly.

The TOUCH WOOD is made from the surplus wood of trees culled during forest-thinning operations. This new commercial use for thinned wood, which traditionally has only limited applications, helps to preserve other wood resources while strengthening the health of overgrown forests.

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