At this point the biochemists have managed to create amino acid based structures that are stronger than the vast majority of building materials. Surely enhanced organic parts is the way to go?
I see no reason to expect that superwood is incompatible with in place biological synthesis from scratch. That's entirely organic and there's no question that its material properties far exceed those of our OEM specifications.
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For most of our use-cases, we can probably do even better, since we don't necessarily want or require the product to remain "alive."
For example, dental enamel is a really neat crystalline material, and a biological process makes it before withdrawing to use it as a shield.
I see no reason to expect that superwood is incompatible with in place biological synthesis from scratch. That's entirely organic and there's no question that its material properties far exceed those of our OEM specifications.