One of the more promising applications would be an inexpensive process to make solar panels.

I'm going to make panels so all you'll see is wood.

Two companies recently acquired make switching power supplies and touch-screen panels.

We're also looking at making panels for boats and snow boards.

People making panels for the quilt gather in workshops run by volunteers.

For those who prefer cork, the company makes handsome panels covered in that, too.

"It has a much simpler structure than other currently pursued approaches to making flat panels," he said.

"You are there with other people who have made panels, and so you can't help but feel a part of a larger phenomenon."

It is available in large and small sheets, which will need to be cut down to make the strips and panels you require.

The work includes making panels for the Rover eight hundred series.