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+ ...

When MakerBot introduces new materials like MakerBot Composite PLA, customers will be able to purchase a Smart Extruder made to handle the new filament, instead of having to buy an entirely new ...

If you have been patiently waiting for the MakerBot Replicator Z18 to be available to purchase, after it was first unveiled earlier this year during the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 in Las Vegas in ...

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Makerbot’s making them both big and small these days. Just weeks after beginning orders for the Replicator Mini Compact 3D printer, Makerbot announced that the big brother of its new line of 3D ...

Okay, I'll admit it. I've been getting spoiled prints from my MakerBot Replicator Fifth Generation. As I've discussed before, I'm pretty much over the moon about my experiences with and the ...

LAS VEGAS—Admit it: You know you want to make your own life-sized, wearable Storm Trooper helmet at home. And now you (somewhat) easily can. MakerBot, the biggest name in 3D printing, announced a new ...

With the Consumer Electronics Show over, it’s finally time to take a look at the new line of MakerBot printers (here’s the press release). Unlike MakerBot’s previous offerings with a one size fits all ...

Those of you that have been patiently waiting for Makerbot to start shipping their new MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D printers will be pleased to learn that the company has today announced shipping ...

MakerBot announced a new line of 3D printers at CES that run the gamut from smallish and more affordable to large (and less affordable, for the average Joe). The latter is now shipping, and MakerBot ...

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