ORIGINAL: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT scientists, along with architects and wood processors from England and Canada, are looking for ways to turn bamboo into a construction material more akin to wood composites, like plywood.
(Learn more: http://bit.ly/WCNN7e)
Such bamboo products are currently being developed by several companies; the MIT project intends to gain a better understanding of these materials, so that bamboo can be more effectively used.
MIT scientists, along with architects and wood processors from England and Canada, are looking for ways to turn bamboo into a construction material more akin to wood composites, like plywood.
(Learn more: http://bit.ly/WCNN7e)
Such bamboo products are currently being developed by several companies; the MIT project intends to gain a better understanding of these materials, so that bamboo can be more effectively used.
Video: Melanie Gonick, MIT News
Additional footage courtesy of MyBoringChannel and Frank Ross
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Schemawound/TRANCOUNT/03_Radio_Silence)
Artist/Composer: Schemawound
Artist/Composer: Schemawound
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