CCT109H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Phoebus Cartel, Electronic Waste, Electric Light

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Jeremy Packer

Document Summary

Due december 1, 2016 at noon (unclear when the essay is due, will be. Use at least 3 academic sources, 2 of your sources will be from the readings listed, third source is from the bibliography of one of the two listed essays. Light bulb media: redistributes time and space. Overcomes the natural barrier of night or the depths of darkness. Allows for greater collection, storage, processing of data. Ex lighthouses, street lights, being able to see underwater. Phoebus cartel 1924: formed in secret by the major light manufacturers-including those in other countries that agreed to carve up the global market for light bulbs. They cut the length of time a lightbulb lasts to 1000 hours from 2000-3000 which was common or 115 years. Planned obsolescence: planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life, so it will become obsolete after a certain period of time. Eip (equipment installment cycles): a new attempt to speed up replacement cycle.