InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that’s stronger than steel

In 2018, Liangbing Hu, a materials scientist at the University of Maryland, devised a way to turn ordinary wood into a material stronger than steel. Techcrunch event Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. The result is a material that has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s 10 times better, the company said. Ultimately, InventWood is planning to use wood chips to create structural beams of any dimension that won’t need finishing.