Tree’s the magic number

A Dublin graduate has won the first prize of €2,000 in the Dyson Student Design Award with her computer shaped like a tree. Laura Cauldwell (22), from Knocklyon, won for her creation entitled “Cultivate - the Sustainable Living Computer.” The branches on the tree hold the mouse, speakers, the memory bank, the central processor, the battery and an ambient light. Ms Cauldwell said the components can be plucked from the tree and sent back to the supplier for upgrade, recycling or remanufacture. The Cultivate computer also has silver aluminum “leaves” that help to cool down each unit. I’m off to try and find a pic of it now…