Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He previously worked for PandoDaily and Fortune Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, on ...

Now we’re entering the era of machines that can fashion ideas into tangible objects. For industrial uses, 3D printing’s promise is already well-known. It’s capable of producing custom heart valves and ...

Last month, MakerBot began offering its Smart Extruder+, a new and improved print head for its flagship Replicator and Replicator Mini desktop 3D printers. The company claims the new Smart Extruder+ ...

BROOKLYN - MakerBot is back in the 3D printing hardware game, but it's shifting away from consumers. Almost a decade after inventing the home 3D printing market, MakerBot is now focused squarely on ...

In an interview with CNET amid the final days of CES 2014, MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis makes the bold claim that his company's new $1,375 Replicator Mini marks a pivotal point in taking 3D printing ...

If you can dream it, you can make it. The rise of 3D printing in recent years has given flight to an industry where the sky doesn’t even come close to the limit, where the technology of 3D printers ...

Just a few years ago, MakerBot was a hot new startup that seemed like it was about ride a wave of consumer interest in 3D printing to the top of the technology world. Things have not exactly gone to ...

MakerBot has fixed some major issues and upgraded some key aspects of its technology with the latest version of its flagship desktop 3D printer, the Replicator+. The company claims the MakerBot ...