3D Printing Wood That Morphs from Flat to Shaped

Wood movement is the tendency of wood to warp once it's cut from tree into boards. We covered its impact on design here. Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are now attempting to exploit the wandering quality of wood fibers. "Warping can be an obstacle," says HU grad student Doron Kam, "but we thought we could try to understand this phenomenon and harness it into a desirable morphing." "The team developed an environmentally friendly water-based ink composed of wood-waste...