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Yeah yeah, call me when they actually start making stuff with it. I've been hearing about this (or something extremely similar) for at least 2 years and nothing seems to have made it to market yet.
One hurdle I'm guessing this has is that normal wood is already pretty strong and (counterintuitively) fire-resistant. You'd have to add a lot of strength at a price point that's reasonable to make it worth bothering.
The article makes it clear that this superwood is not meant to compete with wood used it traditional stick built construction. It's meant to compete with structural steel once it has been able to get certified for those uses and building codes are adapted.
This is the "scaling to industrial scale" step. The material itself has already been proven. Here's Nilered making it in his lab.
Make me a kickass bicycle with this stuff and I'll buy one lol
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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