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MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers are used in more than 5,000 schools throughout the U.S. The Whitby School, in Greenwich, CT, uses MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers in the school’s Design Technology ...

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+ ...

A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. 3D printing has not turned into the consumer revolution everyone expected. If you need proof, ...

John Breeden II is an award-winning reviewer and public speaker with 20 years of experience covering technology. The fifth generation of MakerBot’s Replicator Desktop 3D Printer marries ease of use ...

A total of 5,800 prints were completed by two groups – one at MakerBot and one at Stratasys – to help ensure independent verification of the results. In these tests, the Smart Extruder+ performed ...

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.

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 ...

Makerbot 3D printers were among the first to hit the market, so it makes sense that old and broken ones now litter the shelves of hackerspaces and home workshops alike. Rather than throw his one out, ...

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 ...

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — New printers generally don’t warrant their own press conferences, but the Replicator 2 is no ordinary printer. Unveiled Wednesday in Brooklyn by local startup company MakerBot, ...

Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He previously worked for PandoDaily and Fortune Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, on ...