How to build your own private smart home with a Raspberry Pi and Mozilla’s Things Gateway

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/02/how-to-build-your-own-private-smart-home-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-mozillas-things-gateway/

This was post # 1701. Should remind you of a famous ship.  :-)

New process could make wood as strong as titanium alloys but lighter and cheaper

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-wood-strong-titanium-alloys-lighter.html