Comments on: FUJITSU UNVEILS LAPTOP MADE FROM CORN

By: paul urbanas

paul urbanas — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:40:10 +0000

where are we going to grow 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ears of corn to feed africa….. uh I mean grow our plastic?

By: Charlie Blum

Charlie Blum — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:07:42 +0000

The growing of corn is very petrochemically dependent, i.e. fertilizers that runoff and contaminate aquifers, i.e. the Mississippi River – this is like slapping a FLEXFUEL badge on a GM Yukon = lipstick on a pig

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:47:15 +0000

Props to them for putting effort towards more sustainable products, but I have to wonder if it’s a good idea to further put our food supply in jeopardy. With E85 becoming more widespread and now a corn based polymer, eventually we won’t be able to produce enough corn to feed the nation and livestock, let alone make plastic. At least they are trying, however.

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:04:43 +0000

This is only workable with the massive US corn subsidies – and corn production in the US is decidedly not green.

By: Marsupial Vomit

Marsupial Vomit — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:13:48 +0000

If it has a defective battery and catches fire, does it smell like burnt popcorn?

By: Cozmo

Cozmo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:22:40 +0000

I’m not sure about this. Sounds corny to me. hehe..sorry, couldn’t resist.

By: Arjibuh

Arjibuh — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:09:55 +0000

What is that red and black thing holding the computer?

I guess they admit now their computers don’t last long….

(Still using my 2003 Fujitsu)

By: PENIX

PENIX — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:05:46 +0000

Is it really that much better than regular plastic? This case has to endure a lot of processing to change it from a corn cobb into a shiny piece of plastic. No real details were given. For all we know, the energy required to produce it may be much greater than the petroleum based version.

By: The Smartest Man in the World

The Smartest Man in the World — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:39:49 +0000

Hats of to Fujitsu! Agreed, there is still a long way to go, especially with computer products, but it’s a start.

By: MacMan

MacMan — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:29:34 +0000

To bad it doesn’t run OSX :(

By: Mia

Mia — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:54:27 +0000

That is a great first step, but efforts like this are only substantive if the manufacturer has also developed a program for reclaiming the product for disassembly and reprocessing at the end of its useful life.