Different battery chemistries have different charging requirements. So you'd have to have more complex charger/battery interaction requirements. Not insurmountable but another layer of standardization
I rinse out the press pot and dump the water and grounds on a plant in my yard. I try to spread it around amongst various plants but the ones closest to the door get the most...
Given that industry likes deceptive trade names- 'plexiglas' for instance- transparent wood will probably be known as 'lignoglass' or some such nonsense.
Glass can be toughened up a bit by tempering, at a cost. It can be toughened up a lot by other methods up to being made bulletproof at costs both financial and in terms of compromises to clarity and adding a lot of thickness.
The question is whether 'transparent wood' can compete with glass in performance and cost.
Spoiler alert: it'll be Ivanka.