Ever wondered where your old TVs, iPods, keyboards and other computer bits go to die? The odds are it'll eventually fetch up in China's city of Guiyu, which is home to 5,500 businesses devoted to processing discarded electronics, known as e-waste. According to local websites, the region dismantles 1.5 million pounds of junked computers, mobile phones and other devices a year.
Time magazine has published some extraordinary pictures of the 'e-waste village' here, and I've never seen so many old gadgets in one place. The question is: will the various bits one day assemble themselves into a gigantic robot?
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