MakerBot has focused its strategy around making 3D printing more consumer friendly, less technical. That’s why, for example, the company created mobile apps that allowed users to make some simple but ...

Pettis said that the idea for the Digitizer came about when he wanted a 3D scanner but found no affordable or usable tools on the market, so they decided to make one themselves. The most important ...

Makers can’t actually own a MakerBot 3D Scanner, the Digitizer, until the tools start shipping in October, but they can see the device this weekend, at The New York Maker Faire. MakerBot will be ...

There have been a host of 3D scanners introduced this year. Some of them were designed as desktop models. Others went with hand-held designs. Examples include the NextEngine 3D scanner (pitched by Jay ...

As with most emerging technologies, 3D printing has been coming down in price and finding a wider audience. It wasn't long ago that buying a 3D printer meant assembling it and soldering connections ...

Since 2009, MakerBot has been supplying hackers of 3D space the sophisticated tools necessary for transporting the bits and bytes of the digital realm into the physical world. Their latest ...

A new 3D scanner has sent the Internet into a frenzy, with the MakerBot website crashing within hours of its new Digitizer device being available for pre-order. The desktop scanner costs US$1,400 ...

The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner shown at SXSW is a prototype model and MakerBot will spend time testing, scanning, and 3D printing the items scanned with it. “We are super excited to ...

The 3D scanner demo by Bre Pettis, CEO of the consumer-oriented 3D printer company MakerBot, shows how people can replicate objects a la Disney's "Tron": "This is kind of like when Flynn gets ...

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AUSTIN, TX — It’s not quite the Star Trek replicator — it can’t make food from thin air — but MakerBot’s new 3D Scanner prototype is a step in that direction. Company head Bre Pettis unveiled the ...