3D printing is a kind of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) that enables the production of physical products via computer-aided designs (CAD). Compared to traditional manufacturing methods such as ...

The most trafficked wild product in the world isn’t ivory or rhino horn, but rosewood, an endangered tree verging on extinction as demand for rosewood furniture in China clears out forests in places ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and consultant, I explore the world's industries. 3D-printed "wood" ceiling fan propellors. For the folks at ...

Who says 3D printers can’t work with wood? Watch as I create realistic wood pieces with a 3D printer—perfect for unique DIY ...

Wood shavings have been turned into 3D printer ink to make objects that start off as damp, flat sheets and then twist and warp into shape as they dry. This method of 3D printing could make wood sturdy ...

This intricate, lightweight "Greenaxe" electric guitar by Olaf Diegel shows off a new 3D printing technique that turns waste products like sawdust into high-strength, production-grade wood parts that ...

Inside a workshop near Boston, a six-foot-long 3D printer is churning out furniture that looks indistinguishable from wood, built layer by layer from sawdust that otherwise would have been wasted. “We ...

NEW YORK - Columbia University scientists have 3D-printed a block of digital wood, a material consisting of external color textures and internal grains. The resin block, created using a voxel-capable ...

Sawdust is mixed with a natural tree-sap binder and 3D printed into complex, swirling geometries to form this homeware collection, designed by Yves Béhar for additive manufacturing company Forust.

If you're in the market for a 3D printer, you'll find one here that fits your needs. Read now The lamp could easily be a mid-century-modern showpiece, painstakingly hollowed out of a block of ...