This corny looking toy is actually the world’s first bio-degradable USB storage device designed by Honk Kong based electronics company Hoshino. The entire device in itself is not bio-degradable, just the plastic used to make it’s outer shell. It’s made from PLA (polylactide) a compound fermented from corn kernels and is 100% bio-degradable which smells and even tastes like corn (just don’t try and eat it). And to exemplify this fact, the entire USB husk is shaped like an ear of corn to remind you of its virtues every time you plug it in.
This invention holds a lot of promise, and not just in the field of electronics. Bio-degradable plastic is just what the world has been crying out for of late. This seems like an awesome solution to that call, and hopefully it will weed its way into other plastic commodities in the near future.
via: Sickofgadgets
