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  • Опубликовано: 12 апр 2015
  • April 13 -- Ecovative Design has made a mission of replacing synthetic plastic polymers with natural mushroom based polymers. After disrupting the packaging industry with a line of fully biodegradable mushroom packaging, they are now setting their sights on replacing manufactured wood products. (Video by Brandon Lisy, Justin Beach)
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  • @danielsykes7558
    @danielsykes7558 3 года назад +342

    Announcing the 5 year mark.

    • @cactiman6593
      @cactiman6593 3 года назад +9

      A bit late

    • @ETERNlTUS
      @ETERNlTUS 3 года назад +14

      Closer to 6 years actually.

    • @JosephFuller
      @JosephFuller 3 года назад +4

      @@ETERNlTUS lol, I was just going to type that. I think Daniel might still be living in 2020

    • @Vedrajrm
      @Vedrajrm 3 года назад +1

      @@ETERNlTUS more like 25 years

    • @sahafmostafa7323
      @sahafmostafa7323 3 года назад +2

      we need elon musk in the comment.

  • @ecamormex
    @ecamormex 3 года назад +86

    Ok, it's been 5 years now. I'm waiting.

  • @a_m_rs4134
    @a_m_rs4134 3 года назад +54

    Formaldehyde is quite present in the home then. Lemonine/perfume which is in a tonne of products such as air fresheners, cleaning products, shampoo, perfume and cented candles. It reacts with oxygen to make formaldehyde in the air. A study found that over winter periods in the UK the formaldehyde levels in a typical home were at a dangerous level because all windows are shut

    • @dawsie
      @dawsie 3 года назад

      😳I’m glad that during the daylight hours here were I live it’s warm enough during the day to open up the house to let it breath after using heaters during the night it’s only on the coldest nights that I close the windows and turn on the heat 🤔😹

  • @yuiwayui
    @yuiwayui 3 года назад +25

    5 years later, I still want to say, can't wait for this to come fruitation.

    • @macrumpton
      @macrumpton Год назад

      2 more years and I am wondering what is the delay? Why aren't these panels for sale at Home Depot?

  • @CharDhue
    @CharDhue 3 года назад +14

    All this time when I grow my mushrooms (just a hobby) my mind say "this looks like a plywood" and they actually make use of it

    • @BeeRich33
      @BeeRich33 3 года назад +1

      Over 20 years they have made packaging materials this way.

  • @phillipkalaveras1725
    @phillipkalaveras1725 3 года назад +80

    I would love to see this process done with Hemp. Hemp is one of the strongest fibers we know of, it does not rot, insects don't like it and a couple of acres of hemp can produce the equivalent of 10 acres of old-growth forest and do it every year.

    • @elementiro
      @elementiro 3 года назад +10

      Plus we are more familiar with technological process and have more machines to perform it since it's already used for making paper.

    • @orchidtrust2543
      @orchidtrust2543 3 года назад +11

      I'd rather it be done with hemp. Mycelium contain mycotoxins that can be really harmful to people. This seems like it has the potential to be the new asbestos/lead paint.. in 30 years you can get all kinds of cancer after exposure. The fungus might be dead after pressing, but only certain chemical reactions can denature the mycotoxins. Making home building materials out of inoculated corn crop waste and other agricultural waste seems like the worst idea ever to me when considering how easily a home can be affected by mold via water damage even with building materials that are supposed to be mold and water-resistant.

    • @maslowpavlov
      @maslowpavlov 3 года назад +1

      Kentucky way ahead of you

    • @BeeRich33
      @BeeRich33 3 года назад

      You're going to have to read up some more, as you are completely off base. But you got your attention.

    • @dodopson3211
      @dodopson3211 3 года назад +4

      @@orchidtrust2543 not all Mycelium produces mycotoxins though. That's very species dependant.

  • @jakenkid
    @jakenkid 3 года назад +18

    "Where new breeds of renewable construction products aren't made *they're grown*"
    Can someone verify that the narrator is aware that wood literally grows on trees...?

    • @francisluglio6611
      @francisluglio6611 3 года назад +1

      That's not what it means. The wood is taken from trees and then undergoes plenty of manufacturing processes.

    • @PunaJussi
      @PunaJussi 3 года назад

      @@francisluglio6611 Sure, beacause this fungus thing doesn't

  • @Mr_ToR
    @Mr_ToR 3 года назад +30

    I know this stuff. Mycelium, or roots of the fungus, gives you access to the mycelial network, a discrete subspace domain. This is especially useful if you have faulty dilithium crystals or a shortage of deuterium.

  • @stephenjacks8196
    @stephenjacks8196 3 года назад +34

    Bamboo is a grass not a tree.

    • @tesoro7788
      @tesoro7788 3 года назад +5

      I ate a sugar cane the other day. It was nice and filling without the sugar rush you get from soda pop.

    • @harshitgupta6856
      @harshitgupta6856 3 года назад +4

      switching to your pistol is faster than reloading

    • @user-so1sv2bn8e
      @user-so1sv2bn8e 3 года назад +3

      If I am cleaning a vaccum cleaner then I am the vaccum cleaner

    • @supremeverdict359
      @supremeverdict359 3 года назад +1

      Floor is made out off floor.

    • @Bleepbleepblorbus
      @Bleepbleepblorbus 2 года назад

      @@supremeverdict359 what about on floor?

  • @rschiwal
    @rschiwal 3 года назад +21

    I think the problem they are fixing is exaggerated, but I also think impregnating the mycelium board with resin would make practically bulletproof structural material. Imagine wind turbine blades made with impregnated mycelium and corn stalk waste rather than fiberglass.

    • @jamesheedrpg_god-boss3676
      @jamesheedrpg_god-boss3676 3 года назад +5

      it would be worse than fibreglass. this is because of the way the fibres are structured in the two materials and the tensile strenght of each fibre. glass fibre has a higher tensile strenght mycelium. aslo if you can controll the fibrestructure in a glassfibre board thus making the glassfibre board stronger or get a spesific mechanical property, somthing that you cant do with mycelium based boards.
      glassfibre is comparable to kevlar and carbonfibre and is a much more suitible material than mycelium.

  • @timbaljet2611
    @timbaljet2611 3 года назад +44

    What is the strength of the mycelium material compared to conventional particle board or plywood?

    • @focalplane3063
      @focalplane3063 3 года назад +14

      AND, what and how does it react when it gets wet in comparison to partial board? Really important.

    • @asparadog
      @asparadog 3 года назад +3

      @@focalplane3063 imagine if it just grew black mold really quickly.

    • @kim7gwdchrregramos805
      @kim7gwdchrregramos805 3 года назад +1

      Maybe a light dabbing of eco friendly laminating resin would prolong such objects.

    • @dilpickel22
      @dilpickel22 2 года назад +1

      @@Andiletten after its dead mold can grow on it just like wood though!

    • @dilpickel22
      @dilpickel22 2 года назад

      @@kim7gwdchrregramos805 or burn it>? Like Yaki Sugi

  • @brendatenorio5721
    @brendatenorio5721 3 года назад +15

    This is a truly amazing milestone

    • @teddyruxpin3811
      @teddyruxpin3811 3 года назад +2

      a truly amazing milestone that never happened

    • @BeeRich33
      @BeeRich33 3 года назад

      Happened over 20 years ago.

  • @nkyabosi4827
    @nkyabosi4827 3 года назад +7

    I love the innovation, should be tried across the world

  • @flyby2300
    @flyby2300 3 года назад

    This material is awesome! Thanks Bloomberg.

  • @stephenjacks8196
    @stephenjacks8196 3 года назад +9

    Fungal hyphae are made of chitin, which is readily available as mountains of crab and shrimp exoskeleton waste.

  • @libertyordeath3874
    @libertyordeath3874 9 лет назад +8

    EXCELLENT!

  • @tontobuzz
    @tontobuzz 3 года назад +13

    I would love to see an update / keep up video on this technology and this firm.

    • @naseemnich860
      @naseemnich860 3 года назад +2

      Hey I thought I was the only one late

    • @tontobuzz
      @tontobuzz 2 года назад

      @@naseemnich860 hahahaha no ;D i am even late for answering your

  • @mindfulecology
    @mindfulecology 2 года назад

    So inspiring! Mycelia is incredible :)

  • @trident1012
    @trident1012 3 года назад

    WOW the technology is amazing!

  • @LOVESWEETREVENGE
    @LOVESWEETREVENGE 4 года назад +6

    This is so amazomg!!! I can't believe there arent a million views!!!

    • @cactiman6593
      @cactiman6593 3 года назад

      Yeah it might grow next to the amazon

  • @manin10
    @manin10 3 года назад +1

    Without doubt Fungus is the most important living thing on the planet!

  • @Ambient_Scenes
    @Ambient_Scenes Год назад

    This is just awesome!

  • @1984Phalanx
    @1984Phalanx 3 года назад +2

    It definitely has a place. I don't see it replacing lumber which itself is renewable and abundant.

    • @acidset
      @acidset 3 года назад

      Right, I don't get the need or the hype as using wood is not a problem in of itself

    • @acidset
      @acidset 3 года назад

      I hope we'll find a way to reduce polymers instead

  • @databang
    @databang 3 года назад +5

    Mycelium house, sounds like a great place to put my paperless office.

    • @LevineLawrence
      @LevineLawrence 3 года назад +1

      Appreciate the cruel irony! Paperless office!? Such a fantasy even today! But I feel the Post Covid office could be paperless!

    • @Popzin101
      @Popzin101 3 года назад

      @@LevineLawrence paperless office is actually possible with electronics

    • @alexkim3794
      @alexkim3794 2 года назад

      @@Popzin101 which also destroys the environment to make

  • @maiden06660
    @maiden06660 3 года назад

    This should be mainstream and standardised right about now.

  • @user-si5fz5fo3o
    @user-si5fz5fo3o 2 года назад

    So gracious

  • @michaeljones6832
    @michaeljones6832 3 года назад +2

    6 years later and nothing has changed

  • @acmulhern
    @acmulhern 8 лет назад +9

    Love it, can't wait to see what you develop in the future

    • @BayuAH
      @BayuAH 3 года назад +2

      The future here. They also make meatless meat, which made from fungus.

  • @aniksamiurrahman6365
    @aniksamiurrahman6365 2 года назад +1

    What is the service life of these fungal plywoods? My computer table is made of plywood and I bought it second hand 5 years ago! Its actual age might be more than 10 years. Do fungal plywoods have comparable service life?

  • @FaceWhatIs
    @FaceWhatIs Год назад

    3:30 min , Is it just being pressed or also heated?

  • @Debabratache09
    @Debabratache09 Год назад

    Can you please share the specification of the hot press shown at 3:09 ? (Pressure and temperature)
    Thanks in advance

  • @Sarnahanfi
    @Sarnahanfi 3 года назад +1

    Love it! :)

  • @WuphMusic
    @WuphMusic 3 года назад

    I love mushrooms!!

  • @Hazunaki666
    @Hazunaki666 3 года назад +2

    our future overlords will be sentient mushrooms.

  • @barackyobama6139
    @barackyobama6139 3 года назад +3

    yeah but how much carbon output did it take, and how much did it cost to get all that mycelium

  • @uekihunter752
    @uekihunter752 3 года назад +7

    I love to see it replacing the woods in building houses

  • @xXCamOnCameraXx
    @xXCamOnCameraXx 4 года назад +7

    mycelium is extremely resilient, as soon as that plank gets hydrated everyone will be living in mushroom homes.

  • @VipinChanders
    @VipinChanders 3 года назад

    Is some fungel infection come due to this....
    If rainy season....or winter ❄️ is there

  • @benjaminblack5888
    @benjaminblack5888 3 года назад +1

    How does this product react to water if it gets wet or soaked?

  • @abransalazar4257
    @abransalazar4257 3 года назад +1

    It's been five years now. Is there an update on these?

  • @zigzack4053
    @zigzack4053 3 года назад

    What do they give to feed the fungi?

  • @bearybear66
    @bearybear66 3 года назад

    We shoyld invest, support & buy more of these

  • @Kiyarose3999
    @Kiyarose3999 3 года назад

    I absolutely love mushroom products, but I have to say heavy reliance on single use plastic is a big environmental flaw, in the process. Which needs sorting out to be fully Sustainable, perhaps compostable plastic alternative, or use containers that would last many years.

  • @user-mt2zz3xd6m
    @user-mt2zz3xd6m 3 года назад

    are they up on stock market????

  • @dread69420
    @dread69420 3 года назад

    wondering if some of the wasteful plastic can be put to a use like this

  • @user-fy4yc1yw4g
    @user-fy4yc1yw4g 9 лет назад

    adding diversification in our HeartLand。
    ‪#‎平和‬ ‪#‎Action2015‬ ‪#‎Community‬ ‪#‎Cornerstone‬ ‪#‎Environmentalist‬
    ‪#‎Green‬ ‪#‎Innovation‬ ‪#‎LifeStyle‬ ‪#‎Mushroom‬ ‪#‎OneWorld‬ ‪#‎Sustainability‬

  • @adamaugustine4090
    @adamaugustine4090 3 года назад

    I've seen it all and the future is here

  • @threadless2329
    @threadless2329 2 года назад

    I have experience with growing the correct geometric casts for the water bottle. I will work for room and board. How can I contribute

  • @sanketdyankar180
    @sanketdyankar180 Год назад

    Which country is this?

  • @leonhardpauli5815
    @leonhardpauli5815 3 года назад

    Why not using lignin or tannin instead of formaldehyde?

  • @bentcn8511
    @bentcn8511 3 года назад +2

    I want my house to be made of this.

  • @lerevivaliste
    @lerevivaliste 3 года назад

    We need an update on this one

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 3 года назад +1

    And the chair tastes delicious.

  • @anandwonder
    @anandwonder 3 года назад

    Its five year later we never heard of mushroom material till yet building with it so far....

  • @josephzicaro9913
    @josephzicaro9913 9 месяцев назад

    8 years later. Any update or did it flunk?

  • @homerbard8767
    @homerbard8767 3 года назад

    "What? You're Telling Me That Chair Is Actually A Mushroom? What Else Is Going On Here?" -Destrova

  • @posthocprior
    @posthocprior 3 года назад

    Where can you buy this?

  • @nimitzopsoi
    @nimitzopsoi 3 года назад

    I hope these guys win.

  • @fractaldreams1822
    @fractaldreams1822 3 года назад

    Interesting concept 🤔 what is the carbon footprint to actually produce a 1' X 1' slab?
    How much electricity and water is used to produce this product?

  • @nickmagrick7702
    @nickmagrick7702 3 года назад

    stuff like this makes me really hope that fungus and plant like organisms can't feel, or register, pain
    It would be nice to have technologies with no potential down sides (other than cost to make them obviously)

  • @turnipking5152
    @turnipking5152 3 года назад

    What happens when it gets wet or humid

  • @amselplants6254
    @amselplants6254 Год назад

    That is so cool. I just wanted to ask... If you grow mushrooms to eat them, they will also produce mycelium. So is there a way to do both? /Do you do both? That would be even more sustainable than it already is.

    • @macrumpton
      @macrumpton Год назад

      You can eat mycelium as well. Meati foods are made of mycelium and they just went on sale at Sprouts stores.

  • @casekocsk
    @casekocsk 3 года назад

    It seems everyone suddenly gets a reminder from YT about a video from 6 years ago...

  • @spideywhiplash
    @spideywhiplash 3 года назад

    Past 5 years....I want my house made of shrooms!🍄

  • @jr303official
    @jr303official 3 года назад

    So how do you make a fungus based product mold and mildew resistant with out chemicals? That's what they don't tell you.

  • @div4374
    @div4374 3 года назад

    Yep... Also wear a life support Jacket all the time...

  • @reganovich
    @reganovich 3 года назад

    When you cut this ,would it not spread fungal dust?! i.e lethal dust?

    • @carboncomplex
      @carboncomplex 3 года назад

      It is mould spores that cause problems not mycelium

  • @Andre78923
    @Andre78923 3 года назад

    How can I invest in this?

  • @ryanm8517
    @ryanm8517 3 года назад

    Mushrooms release large amounts of gasses while growing.
    I think using rock based building materials like crecrete boards is better.
    But maybe you can address the issue with the gasses from the growth of mushrooms

    • @casekocsk
      @casekocsk 3 года назад

      How bad is the gas? Is it harmful for human or Earth?

  • @martinisreb9502
    @martinisreb9502 3 года назад +1

    And how do you exactly “up-cycle” your chair, even if it were made from mycelium?

    • @ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep
      @ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep 3 года назад

      I'm not sure I understand your question but you can just grind the material into bits, put it in a mold and let the fungus grow through it again

    • @martinisreb9502
      @martinisreb9502 3 года назад

      @@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep I appreciate your comment, Ludivico. I suppose that is my point exactly. Although I believe this concept is not only remarkable and in fact beautiful, I don't believe the modern consumer is going to deviate from the traditional model of "buy, use, donate, and repeat," schema anytime soon.

    • @CharDhue
      @CharDhue 3 года назад

      @@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep i believe the mycelium will have little grow if u reuse it thus the binding not as strong as the 1st one

  • @tomsoberlin
    @tomsoberlin 3 года назад +1

    Which species of mushroom do you use?

    • @Limitlesshigh
      @Limitlesshigh 3 года назад +1

      Tom Oberlin I’m guessing reishi since the mycelium is super fast growing

  • @janrusselp.gonzaga5975
    @janrusselp.gonzaga5975 3 года назад

    Updates?

  • @HelamanGile
    @HelamanGile 3 года назад +2

    Fungus are more related to humans than plants

  • @thatguy4234
    @thatguy4234 3 года назад

    Dude everyone in your factory is going to get mushroom lung

    • @dodopson3211
      @dodopson3211 3 года назад

      If I remember correctly you get mushroom lung from breathing the spores. To breathe in spores you need a fruiting body, which isn't the case here.

  • @bondjovi4595
    @bondjovi4595 Год назад

    Sell 200,000 units to Sauder, Bush, and Mainstays home furniture

  • @dcruz125
    @dcruz125 3 года назад

    So how does it stand up to fire

  • @Rubin_Lopez
    @Rubin_Lopez 3 года назад +1

    It's been 5 years

  • @flip2724
    @flip2724 3 года назад

    My chair and table are both solid birch wood

  • @Altirix_
    @Altirix_ 3 года назад

    not sure about the idea of using this in construction, seems like it would do wonders as packing material for shipping etc. the main issue i see with this in the home is keeping moisture away you can protect it in every way possible but moisture is going to eventually get in and this most likely is not very water resistant. theres likely something better for the construction industry as i think the materials needed to protect this composite material would negate any of the benefits it could bring.

    • @BeeRich33
      @BeeRich33 3 года назад

      You are saying an organism that grows in a moist environment is nit moisture resistant? You DO know that microbiology is a life science, studied around the world, right?

  • @jounce1111
    @jounce1111 3 года назад +1

    i use the plastic bins to make the natural plastic...

  • @stevewolf111
    @stevewolf111 3 года назад

    For ME, Vacuum Shaping
    Comes To Mind When I View
    THIS 🍄 Product. 🤔
    AND Also Leads ME To Wonder How We Could MAYBE Use THIS 🍄 Concept For GROWING INSULATION RIGHT INSIDE THE WALLS OF NEW & MAYBE EVEN IN EXISTING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS?
    It'd Be Interesting To At Least TEST To See What It's R-Value "WOOD" lol Be Anyway?

  • @godexists2177
    @godexists2177 3 года назад

    We only have 1 planet? The universe is huge

  • @omkarmakar5238
    @omkarmakar5238 4 года назад +4

    What species of mycelium is it?

    • @ryanbarrett1949
      @ryanbarrett1949 4 года назад +1

      Same question... polypore?

    • @juliogomez9621
      @juliogomez9621 4 года назад

      y cuántos días tardara haciendo un tablero o lamina de micelio?

    • @moonturkey
      @moonturkey 3 года назад

      If I remember correctly around the time this video was made they were using oyster mushrooms. I think their patents might also state what species they use.

    • @brettharter143
      @brettharter143 3 года назад +1

      Reishi is the hardest and fastest colonizing

  • @quackula9190
    @quackula9190 3 года назад

    It's 2021 where is it?

  • @keffylion1447
    @keffylion1447 3 года назад

    Could be done with hemp chips. Hemp and shrooms could end all transnationals.

  • @georgecrisci5440
    @georgecrisci5440 2 года назад +1

    mushrooms are people too

  • @ummdustry5718
    @ummdustry5718 3 года назад

    "wIThOuT tREeS"

  • @mayamachine
    @mayamachine 5 лет назад +3

    The oil cartels will not allow this.

  • @aldob5681
    @aldob5681 3 года назад +1

    Products on their site cost veeeryyyy much

  • @ianblank
    @ianblank 3 года назад

    What happens if it gets wet

  • @shubhamchandra5417
    @shubhamchandra5417 3 года назад

    Home from mushrooms? I want mine made with magic!

  • @jjDarell
    @jjDarell 3 года назад

    Wood with out trees? Aha yeah... and I can’t believe it’s not butter

  • @duncankruz7267
    @duncankruz7267 3 года назад +1

    Can you fruit it?

    • @iunnox666
      @iunnox666 3 года назад +1

      Probably not. I remember from a video about their packaging that they bake it after to kill the myc.

  • @Juwelm55
    @Juwelm55 5 лет назад +1

    Very interesting, but what happend with all the plastic bags where the material was filled in?

  • @kiwiz86
    @kiwiz86 3 года назад

    The dust looks a bit doggy.

  • @lokmanhakim7806
    @lokmanhakim7806 5 лет назад

    Tq mushroom 😁.

  • @danielwilson7567
    @danielwilson7567 3 года назад

    In houses, on the contrary, they try to get rid of the fungus, and they make walls out of it.

  • @ryanzacsanders
    @ryanzacsanders 3 года назад

    who gives this thumbs down?

  • @Gensys0
    @Gensys0 3 года назад

    Not yet Morrowind mushroom houses but close enough.

  • @silverground3670
    @silverground3670 3 года назад

    like making tempeh