NEC's biodegradable corn-based laptops
By Ryan Block 
posted Sep 14th 2004 10:22AM
posted Sep 14th 2004 10:22AM
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]
So we have to watch out for worms possibly eating our laptops?!
You can have use your laptop for a snack when stuck on a long flight with no snack service.
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!