3D printing promises to be the gateway to a world where a person's ideas are literally made manifest. Draw it up on a computer, hit the print button and a short while later, there's what you just ...

Footage shows the automated wood-carving machine creating an intricate sculpture of a woman using a fusion of 3D printing in China. The machine elegantly sculpted every detail of a 'Chen Yu Luo Yan' ...

Then a colleague at the pantograph traces the figure and the carving machine produces copies." This traditional way of working has its disadvantages: It's loud, dusty, and the unenclosed machines are ...

Perhaps because it neighbours the ancient civilisation of Gandhara, traditional wood-carving is still popular in Rawalpindi, where craftsmen prefer hand-carved wooden products. However many machines ...