akhhorus
11-04-2004, 05:14 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=5&u=/afp/20041104/sc_afp/japan_it_environment
Eco-friendly disc to store data on corn
TOKYO (AFP) - Giving a new meaning to the term grassroots music, Pioneer Corp. said it had developed a next-generation disc made of corn to let the eco-conscious consumer dispose of data in the soil.
The Japanese electronics maker said the Blu-ray optical disc, which can be written once and stores 25 gigabytes of data, is 87 percent natural polymer derived from corn and biodegrades.
Eco-friendly disc to store data on corn
TOKYO (AFP) - Giving a new meaning to the term grassroots music, Pioneer Corp. said it had developed a next-generation disc made of corn to let the eco-conscious consumer dispose of data in the soil.
The Japanese electronics maker said the Blu-ray optical disc, which can be written once and stores 25 gigabytes of data, is 87 percent natural polymer derived from corn and biodegrades.