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I don't think I've seen any solarpunk art (much less real world construction) with transparent wood, so I wanted to share

Not only is transparent wood real but apparently it has been around in labs for a bit. Take a look! (And let me know if this is old news for you)

Article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/

Wikipedia with video: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_wood_composite

Original paper publication: https://45-79-48-20.ip.linodeusercontent.com/s/trDsHKKWwsHsQZ5

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm surprised I watched the whole video. Haha. Mildly interesting. Maybe slightly more than mild. ๐Ÿ˜