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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

Eco-friendly disc to store data on corn

quote:
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.

*snip*

While the disc can theoretically be eaten, it is coated by a 0.1-millimeter (0.004-inch) thick layer of resin and is too hard for even the strongest teeth.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[Cool]

Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :

Awesome. I'll be buying some.

*actually reads the article*

Err. Okay, so it's not quite like the disks we buy at CompUSA. But maybe it will be eventually!

[ November 04, 2004, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: Vána ]

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

I'm suprised that noemon can stand such a savage beating that would make him travel to a science link and yet still be able to post a [Cool]

smilie

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

I wish they would decide to release this sooner rather than later. 25gb's + on a single disc would be sweet.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

*BUMP*

Okay, I really miss Noemon's frequent updates on the latest in science. Thus I'm bumping this thread, to post how cool I think this is:

Asteroid Probe

and I couldn't find Noemon's great science thread to post it in.

FG

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TheTick:
I wish they would decide to release this sooner rather than later. 25gb's + on a single disc would be sweet.

Well, this certainly came true, just not on a disc made of corn. [Smile]

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

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and I couldn't find Noemon's great science thread to post it in.

Here it is, Farmgirl:

The "Interesting, Space Related News" Thread

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Thanks Stephan! Well, that explains why i couldn't find it - I was looking for the word "Science" in the subject, not "Space".

I think I'll move (duplicate) my link over there just to bump that thread back up to front.

Farmgirl

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Slate article on Mirror Neurons and Altruism

We might have a brain programming glitch that gets (some of) us all fired up about what other people are doing around us. There is a brief nod that this may have some implications for understanding the characteristics of the autism spectrum, but that still seems quite speculative.

Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :

Interesting article.

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Why do people sacrifice their own self-interest, sometimes even their lives, in order to help others? Genes for such behavior should be selected against quickly and definitively.

This was the only bit that jumped out at me. It hints at a rather common misunderstanding of evolution. There are many possible reasons why such genes would not be selected against. It all depends on how you define "self-interest."