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Bamboo Education

Thomas Edison's first successful incandescent lamp (light bulb) used a filament made of carbonized bamboo. It was patented in 1880. This light bulb still burns today in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. Thomas Edison also used bamboo as rebar.

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Bamboo is very renewable and versatile

I couldn't agree more !!  We recently replaced our capeted area of our home with bamboo flooring.  the main reason I picked it is because of it renewability and it looks and smells wonderful.  I have socks made out of bamboo, they are so so

last reply by: Skip Stein 5 months ago in Project Bamboo Forum