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![Discarded Ethernet Cables Become Recycled Fashion in Colombia [Sci Fashion]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/sf/story_story/2009/03/31/discarded_ethernet_cables_become_recycled_fashion_.jpg)
io9.com - 3/31/2009
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Environmentalists worry about piles of non-recyclable e-waste, or discarded high-tech equipment. And somehow that's led to an explosion of ethernet cable fashion, as you can see in this recent fashion show in Medellin, Colombia. The outfit you see above was designed by students of the ...
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Provocative statement about the ubiquity of electronic media or hardcore fetishism?
Posthuman Blues —
Discarded Ethernet Cables Become Recycled Fashion in Colombia Actually, I'm not sure if it's actually made of ethernet cables, or if it just looks like the back of a server rack at my local data center. Either way, this outfit makes me think of a future world where people store infringing wares on their bodies, and a buyer can download just by grabbing a cable and sticking it into her laptop right on the street corner. ...
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