Bamboo keyboards expect to bring green life to users--Part I I ( 2011/01/26)
   The new product was awarded a patent by the State Intellectual Property Office on November 28, 2007 for its utility and novelty, Feng said."You needn't worry that it might crack even if it drops from a one-meter-high table. Its user-life is no shorter than a plastic one," he said.The new product has also won applause from computer and woodcraft experts.
   "The degradability of the keyboard can be enhanced with the substitution of bamboo for plastics, so it's environment-friendly, " said Prof. Zhu Zhenghou, from the School of Materials Science and Engineering with the Nanchang University."It can bring computer users a unique feeling: cool in the summer while warm in the winter. In addition, it can prevent static electricity and the bamboo veins have the function of absorbing ultraviolet radiation," he said.Computer users might have seen keyboards whose frames are made of bamboo or wood on the market, but such a computer keyboard all made of bamboo, including its frame and buttons, is believed to be the first of its kind in China, the producer and experts have said. It is also rarely seen worldwide."It's a novelty that the buttons, carved and made of bamboo, are firmly and perfectly fastened to the main board," said Prof. Zhang Qisheng, from the Nanjing Forestry University, an expert on wood processing and man-made board technology.To Feng Xuquan, general manager of the Jiangqiao company, the eco-friendly feature of the product also lies in the fact that bamboo leftovers can be used again."Our company is mainly manufacturing bamboo flooring and many leftovers used to be left and burnt as fuel," Feng said. "But now, the 'waste' material can be fully used."Currently, about 260 workers in the company, out of the 700 total, are engaged in manufacturing bamboo keyboards, he said.A bamboo keyboard sells at 80-300 yuan (US$12-44), or slightly higher than a normal plastic one in China, according to sales manager Zhang. Students and home computer users are major consumers of the product in the country.

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