NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MakerBot® Industries introduces the MakerBot® Replicator™ 2 Desktop 3D Printer, the company’s easiest, fastest, and most affordable tool yet for making professional-quality ...

With the Makerbot Replicator 2, “anyone’s home can become a mini factory.” Already a leader among desktop 3-D printers, the new Replicator “prints bigger, faster, and more precisely than its ...

This month, Slate is exploring how to reinvent American manufacturing. We’d like to hear your best ideas for that! Please submit them here. Steve Jobs once told my graduating class to “stay foolish.” ...

"Desktop fabrication machine" may sound more like an item in a sci-fi book than a device you can buy today, but they do exist, and they're getting better. Makerbot's new Replicator 2 can print out 3-D ...

I had been keeping an eye on the 3D printing community for a couple of years, but it all seemed too disjoint, too many RepRap variations to keep track of, too many modifications. It was nearly ...

Entering the 3D printing hobby-sphere is no difficult task, but sticking around to master the craft is not for faint of heart. Save for a few patient and diligent souls, many will find themselves ...

3D printing is in a bit of a doldrums. The novelty has worn off and the limited utility of the technology has been made clear. The bloom is especially off the rose of home 3D printing thanks to slow ...

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 ...

Consumers increasingly use 3D printers at home for a wide range of applications. Hobbyists use their printers to make parts to fix old arcade machines or even create custom fixtures around the house.