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 ...

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 ...

More: Alan Lowne, CEO, Saelig Co. Inc. Fairport, NY: Saelig Company, Inc. (www.saelig.com) announces the availability of tDigitizer Imagehe MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner, which uses laser line ...

Awesome that such sci-fi things become reasonably affordable, but a bit sad that the fidelity is low: dimensional accuracy of 2mm means that it can produce models that look like an original, rather ...

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 ...

The Lego example is an interesting one, because the mass-produced nature of Lego makes it relatively resilient against the economics of 3D printing. 3D printing is actually pretty expensive in real ...

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based 3-D printing company MakerBot announced today that customers can purchase a 3-D scanner for $1,400. Called the MakerBot Digitizer, the scanner is ...

The MakerBot 3D Ecosystem drives accessibility and rapid adoption of 3D printing and includes: Thingiverse.com, the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner, the MakerBot Replicator line of Desktop 3D ...

MakerBot, which Stratasys acquired for more than $400 million last year, announced Monday that it has struck a deal with Home Depot, through which the retail chain is now selling MakerBot 3D products ...

Makerbot can print with Adobe. Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) has announced it is taking the burgeoning 3D designer and maker movement seriously. Serious enough to release a tool called Photoshop CC, expressly ...