Someone Built a Biodegradable 8GB Hard Drive Out of Mushrooms - Yanko Design
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So here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: someone made a USB drive out of mushrooms. Well, technically mycelium, the sprawling fungal network that lives underground and occasionally pops up as the mushrooms we eat. But still. We're talking about storing your family photos, tax documents, and embarrassing early-2000s selfies inside what is essentially

Caution on the original title – deceives readers into thinking the whole device is fungus.

  • tae glas [siad/iad]@slrpnk.net
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    7 days ago

    the electronics inside need to be removed & recycled as normal, but it still feels like a cool step forward!

    i’d love to see genuinely biodegradable replacements for plastic used everywhere (rather than the trend of plastics that claim to be biodegradable, but just break down into microplastics faster than average). fair play to everyone involved! 🙌