Amazing stuff! Knock on wood! 😊 When will it be sold at Home Depot or Lowe's?
"Maryland-based startup InventWood is set to mass-produce the first batches of 'Superwood,' a new material made of modified timber that's stronger than regular barky stems, and even stronger than steel. It's set to go on sale later this year. ...
University of Maryland materials scientist Liangbing Hu first devised the material with a 'densification process' back in 2018. ... this gives it a strength-to-weight 10 times better than steel. ...
The resulting Superwood is also resistant to fire, weathering, and pests. Hu has since fine-tuned the production process so it can be manufactured at scale in hours rather than weeks, and licensed the technology to InventWood. The company raised US$15 million to build a factory, and will ship its first batches of the material out of there this Northern Hemisphere sum ..."
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