Timeline for What is the hardest wood possible, and where would this be a practical material?
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| Feb 28, 2017 at 17:53 | comment | added | paolobueno | The ultra-futuristic genetic manipulation could also lead to a very interesting alternative of making it so that structures made out of the wood would keep the organism alive! Since the wood would be so hard it would be hard to harvest and process for usage, so instead the genetically enhanced trees are planted in the spot and grown into the desired shape, perhaps through a process that involves external tools such as lighting and lattices. | |
| Feb 28, 2017 at 17:16 | history | edited | fenix d.Anconia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Small typo fixes.
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| Feb 28, 2017 at 17:10 | comment | added | fenix d.Anconia | @JasonC The last sentence of the wiring paragraph already mentions Al being even cheaper than Cu and being used in some applications. I don't go into any more detail, though, as I'm worried that too many details might take this question about wood a little too far off the rails. | |
| Feb 28, 2017 at 17:00 | comment | added | Jason C | Another good example to add for the wiring would be aluminum, which is actually lighter and cheaper than copper for wiring and is used for long overhead wiring for those reasons, but has a number of disadvantages that offset that for many other applications like house wiring and electronics. And the other side of that coin is that aluminum is a good choice for long overhead high voltage runs despite its lower conductivity, etc. Aluminum vs copper is a good example of different pros/cons in different scenarios. | |
| S Feb 28, 2017 at 16:59 | history | suggested | Jon Claus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed italics on units in equations
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| Feb 28, 2017 at 16:03 | vote | accept | Timpanus | ||
| Feb 28, 2017 at 14:19 | comment | added | fenix d.Anconia | If you have nanobots building a framework of carbon nanostructures, then you have more of a nanofactory than a "tree" so there'd be little sense in calling the material "wood". However, if you still have a tree which grows by stacking cell after cell and simply uses nanotubes as an optimally-dengineered-cellulose in its cell walls, then why not call it wood? | |
| Feb 28, 2017 at 13:52 | comment | added | Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI | Of course, once you're growing graphene/carbon trees, does it still count as "wood" ? | |
| Feb 27, 2017 at 13:55 | history | answered | fenix d.Anconia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |