Abstract--End-of-Life (EoL) phones significantly exacerbate global e-waste challenges due to their high production volumes and short lifecycles. Disassembly is among the most critical processes in EoL phone recycling. However, it relies heavily on human labor due to product variability. Consequently, the manual process is both labor-intensive and time-consuming. In this paper, we propose a low-cost, easily deployable automated and selective disassembly and sorting system for EoL phones, consisting of three subsystems: an adaptive cutting system, a vision-based robotic sorting system, and a battery removal system. The system can process over 120 phones per hour with an average disassembly success rate of 98.9%, efficiently delivering selected high-value components to downstream processing. It provides a reliable and scalable automated solution to the pressing challenge of EoL phone disassembly. Additionally, the automated system can enhance disassembly economics, converting a previously unprofitable process into one that yields a net profit per unit weight of EoL phones. E-waste presents a global challenge due to its rapid growth, high resource value, and the severe environmental and health risks from improper recycling and hazardous substances [1-3]. Global e-waste surged to a record 62 million tonnes in 2022 and is expected to reach 82 million tonnes by 2030 [4]. Recycling converts e-waste components into valuable raw materials, which is critical for addressing the escalating e-waste problem and supporting a sustainable circular economy [5-10]. Nevertheless, only 22.3 % of e-waste was recorded as recycled in 2022 [4]. The high human labor cost and health risk concerns are the major challenges associated with the recycling process [11]. This material is based upon work supported by the REMADE Institute, USA (21-01-RM-5083).

It's been a while since I felt a profound case of gadget lust at CES, the tech trade show that takes over Las Vegas every January, but that's what happened when I picked up Lenovo's Legion Go S gaming handheld. I'm already a satisfied Steam Deck owner, but the Legion Go S has a larger and sharper screen with 120Hz refresh rates, AMD's new Z2 chipset, and--to my hands, at least--perfect ergonomics. It also runs SteamOS, and Valve's plan to license its software for free to other handheld device makers (starting with Lenovo) was one of CES's biggest developments. Just like Windows on PCs, it could allow a new gaming hardware ecosystem to bloom. That's just one example of how CES stealthily became a window into the future of gaming hardware.

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Amir Konigsberg is the current CEO of Twiggle, a business that enables e-commerce search engines to think the way humans do. Watch any recent interviews with Amir and he will tell you that consumers often abandon e-commerce experiences because the product results displayed are often irrelevant. To tackle this problem, Twiggle utilises natural language processing to narrow, contextualise and ultimately improve search results for online shoppers. Another business that is trying to improve e-commerce search is US-based tech start-up Clarifai. Clarifai's early work has been focused on the visual elements of search and, as their website states, their software is'artificial intelligence with a vision'.