Wood products shops making accessories for electronics have to hustle as new technology releases arrive. The release of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus - Apple's most popular phone ever - requires a slew of new wood case design. Each phone model provides unique challenges - changes in dimensions, positions of ports, etc. And wood business built around this segment cannot

Google has developed a cardboard viewer allowing users to turn their smart phone into a Virtual Reality and 3D viewing device. Called Google Cardboard, the viewer could present a wood manufacturing business opportunity - similar to the multi-million dollar business segment that developed around wood cases for iPads and iPhones.

At the Pittsburgh location of TechShop, a chain of public workshops giving members access to woodshop tools, CNC machinery and other tools, President Obama declared June 17 National Day of Making.

Woodworking firms have taken a variety of approaches to finding their first CNC.

Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Brink" explores how cutting edge technology and high-end machinery are increasingly accessible.

TechShop, a membership-based, do-it-yourself workshop and fabrication studio, says Intel Corporation is its newest corporate sponsor. The companies plan to collaborate on a series of workshops giving thousands of TechShop members hands-on access to Intel technology

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