Mobile phones are about to become cooler thanks to a new type of bioplastic which conducts heat faster than steel.
The new plastic, being developed by NEC, is made from corn and will be mass produced early in 2008.
Apparently the plastic will allow mobile phones and laptops to become thinner and lighter as well as more environmentally friendly and cheaper. All good news it seems.
From ZD Net:
“Cost is still a bottleneck, but we hope to continue lowering bioplastic costs and add value so that other makers will also follow suit,” Shuichi Tahara, general manager of NEC’s Nano Electronics Research Labs, said during a news conference.
NEC’s new plastic is cheaper than other fiber-reinforced plastics, as it requires less carbon fiber to conduct heat, but it is still more expensive than stainless steel, Tahara said.
