Wood Waste Isn’t Waste Anymore with New Building Technology

A group of researchers have created a potential alternative for structural flooring material using wood waste and bioplastics. Wood waste won’t be wasted anymore if a new technology developed by researchers comes to fruition. SHoP Architects working with the Department of Energy and the University of Maine have created a structural floor material that is […]

Peel-It-Off Paint? It’s for Real Now with Unpaint

An accidental discovery led to the creation of what is the first temporary paint you can peel off the wall. For builders and contractors involved in finishing out interiors, painting those spaces was always subject to client’s ever-changing opinions and whims. Now that could be a thing of the past. A Colombian company called Glasst […]

Lab Grown 3D Printed Wood? MIT Says It’s Coming

They are doing amazing things with 3D printing these days and the researchers at MIT say the latest is lab-grown wood which would “enable someone to ‘grow’ a wooden product like a table without needing to cut down trees, process lumber, etc.” Wood is one of the most natural and easiest to work with building […]