NTT DoCoMo has developed the mobile earphone prototype made with the excess wood of trees culled during cutting trading operations to maintain healthy forests. The prototype was created in coaction with Sharp Corporation, Mount Olympus Corporation and “more trees,” a re-afforestation project founded by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and others.
The authentic cypress tree wood consistency of the paradigm, which is named TOUCH WOOD, features excellent lastingness and resistance to water, insects and mildew thanks to special trine-dimensional compressing casting developed by Mount Olympus Corporation. Conventional cancel woodwind is not suitable for use as mobile phone bodies because they tend to wearing out quickly.
The TOUCH WOOD is made from the surplus woodwind of trees culled during wood-cutting trading operations. This new commercial manipulation for thinned wood, which traditionally has only limited applications, helps to preserve other wood resources piece strengthening the wellness of overgrown forests.
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