i l l m a t i c Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Giving a new meaning to the term grassroots music, Pioneer Corp. said Thursday it had developed a next-generation disc made of corn to let the eco-conscious consumer dispose of data in the soil. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20041101/corndisc.html Salsa anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 I can see the RIAA jumping on this... "Whose are these MP3s? These are NACHO MP3s!" ... sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Hmm...I wonder how long the discs last though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Mmmm bust out the salsa con queso! (Seriously, could you not see yourself having a Blu-Ray burner one day, and mistakenly eating one of your discs while sitting at the computer? I know I could!) FYI Sony and some other company have also created a Blu-Ray disc made from PAPER, and you can cut it with scissors to destroy it. How ingenious. NOT! Talk about easy to damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 FYI Sony and some other company have also created a Blu-Ray disc made from PAPER, and you can cut it with scissors to destroy it. How ingenious. NOT! Talk about easy to damage.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think they ever suggested them for practical everyday use. They're more for sensetive information that needs to be temporarily made available on disk and then destroyed. I never realized how cool that site was for news. This is awesome: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041018/brain.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkmage479 Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 you can make discs out of anything, as long as it's sensitive enough to cut the fine grooves for the laser (especially the precise new blue laser) to read. There was an article in the magazine New Scientist: New Scientist Online: Super-Tough Coating for LCDs and Disks which discussed the use of transparent silica-polymer resin that can be used to coat DVDs and LCD screens to make them scratch-resistant. Also on the horizon are self-destructing DVDs that release chemicals that cool in the grooves and make the disk unplayable. This has applications in rentals, promos, etc. Unfortunately, New Scientist already determined that the current disks are heat-sensitive, so keeping it in your fridge extends it life by at least a factor of 5 cool stuff on the horizon, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 heh, that means when i rent movies and stuff i wont be able to wait too long before ripping it to the PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Corn? What Are They Going To Do? Make 'Em Out Of Old News Papers? And I See This Vary Dumb, For Example:Me:OMG YOU F UCKING IDIOT YOU SPILLED SODA ON MY DISK!Friend: Its Only Soda,...Disk: I"M MELTING! MELLLLTTTING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Once the disc is pressed down, it'll probably not behave like corn. Did anyone read about the microprocessor some university was making with chicken bones or feathers? That was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 The disk is coated with a resin that is "too hard for teeth" or however they put it. It should be just as tough as the plastic on CDs and DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i l l m a t i c Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 Corn? What Are They Going To Do? Make 'Em Out Of Old News Papers?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually they already made disc out of paper too...LOL...too lazy to find da link... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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