NEC's biodegradable corn-based laptops

NEC has announced that the plastics on their latest line of laptops will be formulated from completely biodegradeable materials, such as corn. These corn-based laptops (corntops, if you will) will still surely outlive their usefulness as computers (we'll try not to crack any jokes about playing corn Korn cds in your corntop), and NEC aims to have 10% of their line biodegradable by 2010.

[Via Near Near Future]

[sadd3j @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

So we have to watch out for worms possibly eating our laptops?!

[B_Money @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

You can have use your laptop for a snack when stuck on a long flight with no snack service.

[Dan Gapinski @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

My dog chews bones made out of corn - they're firm and pliable too.

Kinda makes the excuse "my dog ate my homework" good all over again!