Two patent applications further reveal MakerBot’s user-friendly approach to additive manufacturing — as the market for consumer-facing 3D scanners gets more crowded. The MakerBot Digitizer, a consumer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...