InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger than steel

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mmooss · 3h ago

It matches marketing hype, but they seem to have a timeline of this summer. Does anyone know the drawbacks of this material?

> The result is a material that has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s 10 times better ...

Maybe torsional, compression, flex, etc. strength isn't so good?

Otherwise, why focus on the construction industry? How about airplanes? Cars and trucks?

apothegm · 41m ago

Maybe limitations wrt the shapes it can easily take on? One of steel’s advantages in vehicles is its plasticity. Whereas construction mostly just requires materials that are flat and straight.

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InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger than steel

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