InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger than steel techcrunch.com 3 points by mmooss 4 hours ago
mmooss 4 hours 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 an hour 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.
apothegm an hour 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.
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?
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.