#ecoatm

[dustedmagazine]

ECOATM — S-T (Great Corner Sound)

Detroit invented techno in the 1980s and 1990s, fusing the android-synth propulsion of Kraftwerk to the hedonistic excesses of disco and Chicago house.In the years since, machine-tooled electronics have continued to flourish and bleed into other genres in the Wolverine State (see the Dirtbombs’ fabulous covers album, Party Store, reviewed here by Emerson Dameron).Much fertile ground, then, lays open for Dr. Pete Larson’s new Michigan-centric electronic imprint Great Corner Sound to explore.This opening salvo from ECOATM is a very good start.

Great Corner Sound is somewhat cagey about exactly who is involved in ECOATM, though Larson has hinted (broadly, see photo above) that Michigan all-arounder Fred Thomas (of His Name Is Alive, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Tyvek, Idle Ray, Winged Wheel, etc.)is the man behind the curtain.If so, it’s a radically new look for him.ECOATM doesn’t sound like any of his previous bands. 

The disc starts with skittery “Deluge,” an antic skirmish of drums and synthesizer that erupts periodically into full-on battery.It moves quickly and lightly, rattle-stomping barrages of terse snare and cymbals like gloves on a speed bag.“Stimulus Check” leaves more negative space between its thumps and rattles, an altered voice popping up on off-beats like a stuttery ghost.You can feel a drummer’s sensibility (again, maybe Thomas, maybe not) in the way these cuts box up time in tight, inelastic packages, a music made of points and vacancies, no colors.

Yet not everything is a rush and a clatter.Some of these cuts run surprisingly lyrical, with long echoing synth tones that sculpt otherworldly shapes in the air.“Glass Yard,” for instance, flickers and glows, nearly rhythmless as its bright notes blink on and off. “Dawnless” moves ponderously, a big drum boom punctuating the end of glittering glass-bead guitar lines.And “As You Said” floats in a percolating unreal synth space, the thump of kickdrum anchoring airy iterations of keyboard motifs.

It's all pretty good, surgically scrubbed but not unwelcoming, the kind of clean well-lighted sonic space that invites cogitation rather than bodily motion.Whoever made it (maybe Fred Thomas!) was from Michigan, continuing a mighty tradition of electronic experiment.Roll on Motor City.

Jennifer Kelly

[gosharedotco]

Fun read in the @sdbusinessjournal this week! The (Mis)adventures of early-stage startups. Read about how @ecoatm @housecall and @goshare.co got early traction 🚀🚀🚀 #startups #startup #Sandiego #business #evonexus #gosandiego #sdbj #goshare #housecall #ecoatm #startuplife (at EvoNexus)

[ctcnewsca]

💰Ontario’s 13 epic EcoATM kiosks at Walmart turn old phones into cash! Fight e-waste in the GTA and join the green revolution. 🌎💰Recycle now!

Ontario 13 Bold Kiosks Pay Big Cash for Your Old Smartphones!

[idropnews]

Teen Arrested After Selling a Stolen iPad to an EcoATM with His Own ID

A stolen iPad helped lead to the arrest of a teenager with multiple outstanding warrants in the Nashville area, according to a new report. Ezekiel Mathis, 19, was arrested earlier this month on a handful of warrants, including one that alleges he sold a stolen iPad to an EcoATM using his own... https://www.idropnews.com/news/teen-arrested-after-selling-a-stolen-ipad-to-an-ecoatm-with-his-own-id/113961/

[gyrrakavian]

And here's why you should always read the terms and conditions.

ecoATM are effectivly trying to get you to sign an NDA about your experience with their kiosks.

BTW, you'll want to tell the thing that your phone isn't charged. And be sure to delete any stored numbers or pics.

[coolgreenlady]

Recycle that old (unused) cell phone today on National Phone Recycling Day

Recycle that old (unused) cell phone today on National Phone Recycling Day

Let’s face it. Almost everyone has at least one old cell phone stuck in a drawer or cabinet somewhere just gathering dust. A lot of us have a few of them – think small flip phones and other such analog devices. As of last 2015, there were roughly 426 million idle or inactive mobile devices in the U.S. Only 100 million would be recycled.

We hang onto them for no good reason other than we forget…

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[hannahmarjonhayes]

Redbox is personally one of my favorite modern day innovations. Therefore, I was even more excited about ecoATM when I found out that the same company owned invented and owned both machines. Outerwall is the company that owns both of these brands as well as Coinstar and Gazelle.

However, not many people have heard of ecoATM compared with the other brands from Outerwall. Perhaps you live in an area that this machine is very popular in, but where I live I do not know anyone that has even heard of it.

That’s a shame too, because it is a perfect example of the type of eco friendly innovations that will be able to get us closer to being a sustainable community.

So what does the machine do?

Well, the machine recycles peoples old phones and other electronics, and gives back money to the person turning in teh device. Old electronics have started being a major item in landfills, and they have chemicals in them that are not good for the earth to be absorbing. Of course, they are not the only thing in landfills that really should not be there, but this is step to solving that problem

And wouldn’t it be much better to get money back for your devices instead of letting them sit in a drawer or in a trashcan? Obviously you could sell them on Craigslist or eBay, but this is a much easier way to get some cash quickly for your old devices.

To use the machine: you place the item in the machine, and the machine takes a few minutes to do a scan of the device and decide the best price the company can offer you for it. Then the machine gives you the amount if you accept the offer, and you are done! That’s it. How much easier could it get?

The items are resold if they are good enough, or they are sold as parts. Either way they are not just ending up in a landfill somewhere doing more harm to the environment.

I know we all have electronic devices laying around, especially with Apple putting a new version of iPhone out every two months.

So I am definitely going to be turning in some old iPods, and I hope you will find your nearest ecoATM and get some spending money!

ecoATM

From the makers of Redbox… ecoATM Redbox is personally one of my favorite modern day innovations. Therefore, I was even more excited about ecoATM when I found out that the same company owned invented and owned both machines.

[micdousmi]

Redbox owner buys phone trade-in company to get away from DVDs

Redbox owner buys phone trade-in company to get away from DVDs

If you owned Redbox and faced a slowly declining disc-based movie rental business, what would you do? Diversify so that you're not rendered obsolete by internet video? If so, you're not alone. Outerwall (Redbox's parent company) has bought the p…

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