Super HARD wood stronger than steel

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I recall hearing about it when they first started, then nothing until now.
Yesterday , I read about it on another WW site.
Imagine rolls of 1/8" plywood stronger than 3/4" or 1" sheets.
 
Sounds interesting - what will move the needle is if

a) The technology bears out in effectiveness the way they think it can (I-beams and so forth actually working as well as steel). Tensile strength isn't the only important quality of steel that makes it ideal for the use case.

b) The production can be scaled up enough to make it as available as steel.

c) The cost to produce it is low enough to complete with steel, which probably relates closely to point B.

Even if that ends up being true, I don't know that I really see an application for woodturning. It probably won't be a bad material to work with for something like pens, but you can already get beautiful, dense tropical hardwoods, and it's not as if having a pen stronger than steel is particularly important.
 
Fascinating product but if it is produced then it isn't actually wood. Just as "hempwood" isn't wood either. Taking wood or woody components and compressing them into a board doesn't make it wood. Will be interesting to see what happens with this product in the days ahead.
 
At the risk of igniting a pointless internet forum debate, I'm curious about the philosophy that leads you to this conclusion. Wood is not wood if you compress it? Is wood still wood if you cut it into squares, drill holes in it, and turn it round? What if you put oil or polish on it?
 
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