Gadgetory

mysterious what's up guys Lew here back with another video today's videos a lot different than usual though I have no idea what's inside this box this thing has been hand-delivered by the folks at Intel what have they told me almost nothing they said it's a box the anticipation it's elevated my heart ring I got Dave on the camera today shoutout to Dave what do I do we is this some sort of joke right now oh my what hey Louis do you know where the materials used to make your devices come from sin Wow there are minerals in almost every piece of technology you own oh I think we're going deep today tantalum am I looking at the real stuff right now the real mineral how do you think these four minerals ended up in your device someone had gold legit gold pick that up date right there tungsten Tim I don't even know tin look like that you got that whoa some of these minerals came from mines in the Congo where innocent people are being threatened by warlords that's true you get this nice shiny fancy device you feel all special but it's true you don't really think about all the stuff that goes into it and where it comes from but now this this feels more familiar hmm how can I help Wow we just figured out the CF it's conflict-free it's a movement here to know more about where the materials that go into the gadgets you love are coming from and to make sure that you're not sort of upholding these warlords and enabling them to oppress individuals in the process of you enjoying your phone laptop tablet or otherwise our demand for this is having an effect and impact outside the realm of of the space that you're living in and if anybody would know it would be me and now I'm starting to understand why Intel brought this here okay I've been told is one more thing in a box you can be certain that my mining experience here personally it's been completely conflict-free right oh oh okay ed missed something look for CF when you buy device ooh proud to say that Intel processors are now conflict-free tin often uses a replacement for lead in printed circuit boards and processors and used to solder pieces together within devices gold pins and processors are often made out of gold because it's conductive but non corrosive tantalum the key ingredient in tantalum capacitors which can be used in devices that require high performance in a small amount of space like laptops and tungsten my favorite of the bunch because of its chemical properties it's used to conduct electricity in integrated circuits and metallic films check it out your favorite little chip now you don't need to feel guilty about it look for the badge conflict free and be proud of your gadgets and where they came from