Dell’s Concept Luna is a modular laptop that can be completely disassembled in seconds

Keep onLast year, the “Concept Luna” concept notebook focused on ease of maintenance and recyclingFinally, this year Dell also released the second generation Concept Luna on the eve of CES. Unlike last year, which mainly focused on the environmental protection of each component itself, this year’s Concept Luna focuses more on the notebook’s modular design and ease of disassembly. The whole notebook does not use screws, but uses tenon and other methods. fixed in the fuselage. This allows Concept Luna to be completely disassembled in about 30 seconds, including the motherboard, fan, battery, even the speakers, and the screen can be replaced independently.

The fully assembled laptop is roughly the size of a regular 13-inch laptop, but its thickness is closer to the Latitude, a business laptop, rather than the XPS, a thin and light laptop. If there is no special explanation, you will not think that such an innovative structure is used in the interior. And thanks to the addition of a fan, compared to last year’s Concept Luna, which relied only on passive cooling, this year’s version can also put a more powerful processor, making it closer to a generic notebook of the same size .

In addition, Dell has partnered with a microfactory to develop a robot that can automate the disassembly of Concept Luna laptops. This includes dismantling the laptop step by step, assessing whether each component is working properly, and automatically recycling any parts that are still usable for reuse. Glen Robson, CTO of Dell Client Solutions Business Group, said that Luna’s combination of modular design, easy recycling and robotic automation could ignite a revolution in the industry, making every laptop from the inside out, every part The engineering design and raw material selection are all considering recycling and reuse.

Like last year, Concept Luna is still just a “concept” as its name suggests, and is unlikely to be listed in its current form. However, Dell will draw on Concept Luna’s experience to improve the recyclability and repairability of existing laptops and will continue to make efforts to reduce packaging materials or use recycled materials to make enclosures.