A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, while also being up to six times lighter.
It really only shows that it didn’t fail (YET), like the other material did, you can see the other rod bent and one side slid off the platform. There are a lot of ways of measuring materials. This is a valid comparison between the two materials but isn’t intended to demonstrate that it can hold all of that weight without failing.
Maybe it shows how much the wood bent compared to the other sample?
Yeah, but the weights are not suspended above the ground. They’re sitting on the ground. Why should I believe it won’t bend more or even break?
It really only shows that it didn’t fail (YET), like the other material did, you can see the other rod bent and one side slid off the platform. There are a lot of ways of measuring materials. This is a valid comparison between the two materials but isn’t intended to demonstrate that it can hold all of that weight without failing.
But the back one doesn’t look like its on the ground, only the front one.