There are a few major obstacles in the way of 3-D printing's imminent mainstream success: affordability, easy-to-use hardware, and easy-to-design objects. The MakerBot Digitizer isn’t exactly cheap -- ...

Brooklyn-based 3D printing company MakerBot is opening a can of worms with the launch of a 3D scanner that allows users to copy objects placed on its turntable. The Digitizer, due to start shipping in ...

That's the idea behind the MakerBot Digitizer desktop 3-D scanner, a $1,400 device aimed at consumers and small businesses that began shipping on Tuesday. MakerBot is a unit of Stratasys Ltd. of Eden ...

This March, MakerBot gave us a sneak preview of its Digitizer – a 3D scanner designed to create three-dimensional design files based on scans of physical objects. At the time, it was still in ...

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 ...

MakerBot last week unveiled its Digitizer desktop 3D scanner, a US$1,400 device that promises to accelerate the growth of 3D printing. The Digitizer allows scanning of physical objects weighing less ...

Today at the Brooklyn headquarters of 3D Printer manufacturer MakerBot, the company gave the first official demos of the new Digitizer, a $1400 3D scanner that turns solid objects into digital models.