We Can Now 3D Print as Much Wood as We Want Without Cutting a Single Tree
20th December 2022
The study authors created customizable wood in their lab from the cells of a flowering plant known as Zinnia elegans, popularly referred to as common zinnia. They claimed their novel approach allowed them to bio-print wooden pieces of any shape and size. This means that if you need a wooden table, you can directly produce a wooden table from the cells.
So no deforestation and no wastage, like what happens in the case of traditional furniture. This was achieved by treating common zinnia cells first with a liquid medium and then with a gel solution. The latter comprised hormones and nutrients.
We have the technology,–allegedly. Let’s see whether it will scale.
December 20th, 2022 at 08:15
How many forests will have to be cleared to make room for all the flowers they will have to grow? It will take 100 times more farm land for the flowers than it takes for trees.
December 20th, 2022 at 12:11
Perhaps this will be a good use for those ‘vertical farms’ they keep blathering about.