Did you know Sun’s energy-saving Sun Ray™ 270 Virtual Display Client
system won a CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award for design
excellence in the Eco-Design category? www.cesweb.org/attendees/awards/innovations/rd_2007honorees.asp?category=132
The awards were judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial
designers, engineers and members of the trade press. This set of
established and prestigious awards is sponsored by the Consumer
Electronics Association, the producer of the International Consumer
Electronics Show (CES), which is the world's largest consumer technology
trade show. The contest is endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society
of America.
The Sun Ray 270 delivers secure, interoperable desktop computing without
the maintenance, upgrading, and operational costs of desktop computers.
It is compact, eco-friendly, energy efficient (15 times more energy
efficient than a typical PC), and has a significantly longer lifespan
than a PC -- which means fewer parts ends up in a landfill. The Sun Ray
also meets or exceeds the reduction of hazardous substances regulations
including:
*Smart card reader - ISO-7816-1 compliant
*RoHS - RoHS-6 compliant
Congratulations to the Sun Ray and user-centered design teams at Sun!
Criteria of the competition include:
* User value
* Unique and novel features
* Contributions to the quality of life
* Aesthetic and design qualities (using visuals provided)
* Ecological impact and benefit
For more information on Sun Ray's features and how to buy: www.sun.com/sunray/sunray270/index.xml
For more on Sun's Eco Responsibility Initiative: www.sun.com/eco