The Materials Collection at the Maine College of Art & Design Joanne Waxman Library includes samples of more than 2,000 materials.

The increasing adoption of robotics is driving woodworking advances in automation and material handling.

Trying out Lesta USA’s self-learning robotic finishing system.Trying out Lesta USA’s self-learning robotic finishing system.

Scientists have developed wooden flooring that harvests electricity from your footsteps. Just when you thought you'd seen it all.

Made from kombucha waste, a new alternative wood totally foregoes the need for trees. And it's the winner of this year's national James Dyson Award.

"What do you hate more than anything?", Brad Cairns, owner of Best Damn Doors in St. Thomas, Ontario asked his customers. They all said "Sanding!". Brad takes us on a tour around their booth at AWFS 2021 in Las Vegas including a showcase of their new sanding robot.  Brad is also a popular lean manufacturing columnist for FDMC Magazine and will be exhibiting at the upcoming WMS show being held November 4-6 at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. 

Will Sampson, editorial director of Woodworking Network/FDMC Magazine, interviews Jeff Wagner, Executive Chairman at CalPlant, about the company's new MDF product Eureka at the recent AWFS 2021 in Las Vegas. Eureka is made from renewable post-harvest rice straw.

The Mars Dune Alpha is a speculative 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat that will simulate living on Mars.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Gary Wernlund’s technology trends forecast has been a fixture of almost every Executive Briefing Conference (EBC) since the first one held in 2004. This year is no exception.