Video: Your unwanted electronics may soon self-destruct

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tUrnafmOCWtmjlLMMR.4Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/electronics-dissolve.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/video-unwanted-electronics-may-soon-self-destruct-142107742.html)If you-are in possession of any-old cell phones, you know how difficult it can be to find a proper way to dispose of them. Certain electronics retailers will accept donated devices, a family member might need a loaner and it never hurts to have a spare, but once a phone, or any other electronic device for that matter, has reached the end of its life, it could end up sitting in a dump for decades without any signs of decomposition. Iowa State’s-Reza Montazami wants to change that. According to a recent news post, a team of researchers at Iowa State-is developing a technology known as “transient electronics,” materials that are “designed to quickly and completely melt away when a trigger



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