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New, Flexible CDs Arrive
Mortin writes "A company called Flexstorm has developed a new type of CD, dubbed flexCD, that is about 140 microns thick, 1/10th that of a normal CD, and most importantly flexible. The technical specs on this new technology are quite impressive, boasting a weight of only .6 grams on the flexCD 80. Producing a flexCD also only takes .3 seconds, less than that of a normal CD."
From the PDF:
The flexCD is non-toxic and may be used with food items.
Strikes me as odd. Gives a new meaning to the term, "embedded media"...
"All mankind is at the mercy of a handful of neurotics". - Norman Douglas
Being so thin, it can be easily shredded, so there's no further need to keep your financial documents on paper.
"The flexCD is non-toxic and may be used with food items."
Holy crap! You mean I should have been washing my hands after using rigid discs?
Now, if they can make one that is absorbant as well, we'll be able to save some money and use those damned AOL CDs to wipe our butts.
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
The AOL CDs I get in the mail don't hold up very well either. They tend to break on the second or third (accidental) bending. They also scratch very easily, especially if I accidentally scratch them with a razor blade. Finally, after being broken in half and scratched, they don't make very good frisbees. I was kind of hoping for better things from this flexible format.
The Flex CD is non-toxic and may be used with food items
A little bit odd, don't you think?
Not at all! Finally, a cure for world hunger! We can just ship third-world countries our never-ending supply AOL-CDs!
Mmm... CD-PB&J sandwich. For those who prefer wheat, CD-R-PB&J.
Remember "Bring 'em on"? *sigh
They don't do too well in a microwave either.
Cool, If we could get AOL to send these out, I'll have a collection of jar openers to go with my coasters.
Some people have a way with words, and some people, um, thingy.
Haven't you heard? They make special pants for this.
... the pockets are so large and deep that you can fit 52 full sized music CDs in the pocket without damaging them. In addition, our ProtoSleeve(TM) technology, which surrounds the contents of your pocket with a steel shank, will keep the CDs from getting bent or scratched! All you need is a Discman(TM), (which also will fit in your pocket) and you will become a walking CD jukebox!
From the site):
Lovely! So now I can turn my AOL CD's into rather *aerodynamic* frisbees!
'He who has to break a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom.' -- Gandalf to Saruman
They can just give 'em out for free at Radio Shack!
Hate stupid software on freshmeat? Laugh at
I have an 8 inch floppy.
/me laughs at all the little 3.5 and 5 inchers.
Tim
Omnia vestra castrorum habetur nobis.
they've been secretly shipping these adapters for years in CD-R media, what do you think those clear top discs are for? :p
Boy, comes full circle. Put this in a round case like the old 5 1/4" floppies and you can put them in magazines! Or, create a CD Floppy drive ;). I do miss the days of the 5 1/4" floppies - they were called "Floppies" for a reason. People who only know 3.5" "Floppies" probably don't understand why they're called Floppies. Have I said Floppies enough? floppy, floppy floppy...