Speaking of hard drives and storage, an Arizona company has developed a new environmentally-friendly lapping slurry, the liquid used to polish the precision surfaces of hard drive platters, using phytochemicals from green-tea extract. So not only will our future hard drives be cheaper (since it will cost manufacturers less to dispose of the slurry), they’ll have an incredible low rate of colon cancer.
Update: My friend Rob, who knows about such things, says that green tea leaves also make a great cleaner for wooden and tile floors. After brewing, let them cool for a bit, toss them on the floor, and wipe.
