For others, though, defects in their works are often highly prized. Take, for example, wood microphone maker Greg Heumann of Geyersville, Calif., and tree sculptor Cecil Ross of Bainbridge Island ...

It stated that: A quintessential example, we imagine, is a piece of wood with a hairline fracture ... s yacht did not fall within the latent-defect exception to the manufacture-defect exclusion ...

Research scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut, WKI in Braunschweig are able to pinpoint defects in wood that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Today, however, a Purdue University professor is reporting a major development in the industry through a new high-speed scanning system that successfully identifies external and internal wood defects.