First time I heard someone counter "Now you can order pizza with your smart phone" by saying. "I could always order pizza with my phone."<p>Same here..<p>My grandpa had a green house 40+ years ago. I think we've solved growing wood/plants in a lab.
Materials science is one of the most exciting fields out there. Many products and solutions assume availability of very basic things.<p>Just one new thing changes expectations for entire categories.<p>Good example is food grade silicone which now covers portions of stuff from the kitchen to kids toys. Some kids toys are all silicone.<p>Lab grown wood w custom properties and shapes would be very useful and if available in large sizes cheaply, probably very popular.<p>I think the future holds materials that are far more advanced—-like programmable blobs of putty that put themselves in any shape, with strength they can adjust and move. Basically, what the T1000 is made of, but less menacing.