This laptop is made out of corn — and no, you can’t eat it if you’re feeling a little hungry . It’s actually the third generation of the Biblo PC from Fujitsu, currently strutting its stuff at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

It’s a completely normal PC inside, but the outside casing is made out of material that’s 50 per cent plant-based materials, and 50 per cent regular plastics. To make it, ears of corn are processed down to corn-starch and then turned into a polymer alloy. Fujitsu claims it cuts down on carbon dioxide emissions during the manufacturing process by 15 per cent.

What’s even more interesting is that Fujitsu sells the corn-based PC for the same price as a regular plastic-encased model, despite the more expensive manufacturing process. Now for the bad news: it’s only available in Japan.

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