[APRIL FOOLS TRADITION Middlebury, Vermont 4/1/2011 ] Vermont Environmental Police have broken up an illegal "e-waste" reuse operation, in a sting targeted at Middlebury's Good Point Recycling.
Police helicopters and SWAT teams brought excitement to the small town of Middlebury, Vermont. Film of break-dancing "ewaste" devices shocked local leaders, who had no idea that dangerous reuse was taking place in their own community.
The focus of the sting was Manoi-Go, a stage 11 artificial intelligence robot crafted in northern Japan. Manoi-Go was surrounded by Green Mountain State e-waste police forces wearing hazardous waste "moon suits". Manoi-Go was pursued, moon-walking, into a corner of Good Point's ebay resale department. Hours later, Manoi-Go would be toe-tagged and taped into a three-ply box, slapped with a label "Danger, Contains E-Waste".
Police helicopters and SWAT teams brought excitement to the small town of Middlebury, Vermont. Film of break-dancing "ewaste" devices shocked local leaders, who had no idea that dangerous reuse was taking place in their own community.
The focus of the sting was Manoi-Go, a stage 11 artificial intelligence robot crafted in northern Japan. Manoi-Go was surrounded by Green Mountain State e-waste police forces wearing hazardous waste "moon suits". Manoi-Go was pursued, moon-walking, into a corner of Good Point's ebay resale department. Hours later, Manoi-Go would be toe-tagged and taped into a three-ply box, slapped with a label "Danger, Contains E-Waste".
