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

  • @emrikol
    25•5 months ago

    Filling the air pockets with a substance like epoxy resin that bends light to a similar degree to the cell walls renders the wood transparent.

    Unfortunately we still need to add plastic to make it strong.

    NileRed has some videos about it:

    https://youtu.be/uUU3jW7Y9Ak?si=3Xjwa0cbaoKOpYnB

    • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔
      2•5 months ago

      I’m surprised I watched the whole video. Haha. Mildly interesting. Maybe slightly more than mild. 😁