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09-26-2003, 08:12 PM
from Maininchi Daily news
Scientists make 10 optical discs from single corncob
The world's first environment-friendly optical discs made from corn will hit the market from December this year, a Japanese manufacturer has announced.
Officials of Sanyo Mavic Media Co., a subsidiary of electronics giant Sanyo Electric Co., said they have found a way to manufacture 10 high quality compact discs from a single corncob.
Named "MildDisc" by Sanyo Mavic, it is equal to conventional plastic optical discs in quality and produces no dioxin or other hazardous material when it is burnt. Moreover, MildDiscs can be degraded into the harmless soil by using micro-organisms.
Researchers at Sanyo Mavic and its partner Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. invented a method to produce discs from polylactic acid extracted from corn.
Sanyo Mavic officials are forecasting that the market for MildDisc can grow to 1 billion yen in fiscal 2005 after it goes on sale in December this year. (Wire reports, Japan, Sept. 25, 2003)
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Scientists make 10 optical discs from single corncob
The world's first environment-friendly optical discs made from corn will hit the market from December this year, a Japanese manufacturer has announced.
Officials of Sanyo Mavic Media Co., a subsidiary of electronics giant Sanyo Electric Co., said they have found a way to manufacture 10 high quality compact discs from a single corncob.
Named "MildDisc" by Sanyo Mavic, it is equal to conventional plastic optical discs in quality and produces no dioxin or other hazardous material when it is burnt. Moreover, MildDiscs can be degraded into the harmless soil by using micro-organisms.
Researchers at Sanyo Mavic and its partner Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. invented a method to produce discs from polylactic acid extracted from corn.
Sanyo Mavic officials are forecasting that the market for MildDisc can grow to 1 billion yen in fiscal 2005 after it goes on sale in December this year. (Wire reports, Japan, Sept. 25, 2003)
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All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere And their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tommorow, no tommorow And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you 'Cos I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very, very Mad World</font></center>
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AMD XP2500+ Barton @ AMD XP3200+,Gigabyte GA-7N400PRO2, nForce2 Ultra 400 + MCP, Onboard RAID, Onboard SATA RAID. Gigabit LAN, 1024MB DDR 2700, 80GB Western Digital Special Edition HDD w/ 8MB Cache(On RAID),LiteOn 52x32x52 CDRW,Pioneer, Slot Loader DVD-ROM Drive,Sound Blaster Audigy 2,ATI Radeon 9000PRO 128MB >>>Member of Pitbull's Mob<<<
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I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you 'Cos I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very, very Mad World</font></center>