Sounds Corny, Doesn’t It?

[notoriousformula]

A riddle:To make this environmentally safe, biodegradable computer product, Sanyo Mavic and its affiliates process cornstarch into unrefined dextrose and then employ a fermentation process (much like the one brewers use to make beer) to convert that dextrose into lactic acid, which is then converted into a polymer using a patent-pending process. What’s the final product created from this fermented mess?

A. Optical discs

B. Keyboard keys

C. Data backup tapes

D. G.W. Bush bobbleheads


If you guessed A, you’re correct. Sanyo is introducing an optical disc called the MildDisc, which is made from corn and is designed to deteriorate into simple water and carbon dioxide after about 50 to 100 years. The company says it needs about 85 corn kernels to make a single 12cm disc, meaning each ear of corn can wind up as 10 different data Frisbees.

[WackyComputer]

That's cool for drinking cups, pill bottles, packing and wrapping material. You know, the stuff that we don't care about.

I thought that we wanted our media to last longer.

[naxos]

Doesnt quite sound like the archivable media we are shooting for, huh?


i wonder what the max rotational velocity of corn is though ?

[WackyComputer]

At least you will know when your temp gets too high...

Just listen for the popping sounds!

[Synthohol]

great... overclocked corn.....just what we need today

so a CPU is now a Corn Plucking Unit