3D printed fuel?

[begreen]

This is some nascent tech coming from MIT Labs. By culturing plant cells, this team is on the path of developing 3D-printed wood. Although the focus right now appears to be creating a substitute for lumber, I wonder if it could also be used to develop fuel, like pellets from prairie grasses. It will be interesting to see if this develops into a viable substitute for forest products. Imagine a 3D printer making logs in the woodshed stacking while printing.

We can now 3D print as much wood as we want without cutting a single tree

At number 13 on IE's 22 best innovations of 2022, we look at the world’s first lab-grown wood.

interestingengineering.com

 

[KDubU]

That would definitely be interesting. We are now entering the Star Trek world…

 

[NoGoodAtScreenNames]

This is some nascent tech coming from MIT Labs. By culturing plant cells, this team is on the path of developing 3D-printed wood. Although the focus right now appears to be creating a substitute for lumber, I wonder if it could also be used to develop fuel, like pellets from prairie grasses. It will be interesting to see if this develops into a viable substitute for forest products. Imagine a 3D printer making logs in the woodshed stacking while printing.

We can now 3D print as much wood as we want without cutting a single tree

At number 13 on IE's 22 best innovations of 2022, we look at the world’s first lab-grown wood.

interestingengineering.com

Interesting. I wonder if one day Herath.com will have a section dedicated to wood ink scroungers…