A new 3D scanner has sent the Internet into a frenzy, with the MakerBot website crashing within hours of its new Digitizer device being available for pre-order. The desktop scanner costs US$1,400 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More: Alan Lowne, CEO, Saelig Co. Inc. Fairport, NY: Saelig Company, Inc. (www.saelig.com) announces the availability of tDigitizer Imagehe MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner, which uses laser line ...

Awesome that such sci-fi things become reasonably affordable, but a bit sad that the fidelity is low: dimensional accuracy of 2mm means that it can produce models that look like an original, rather ...

There have been a host of 3D scanners introduced this year. Some of them were designed as desktop models. Others went with hand-held designs. Examples include the NextEngine 3D scanner (pitched by Jay ...

The Lego example is an interesting one, because the mass-produced nature of Lego makes it relatively resilient against the economics of 3D printing. 3D printing is actually pretty expensive in real ...

The 3D scanner demo by Bre Pettis, CEO of the consumer-oriented 3D printer company MakerBot, shows how people can replicate objects a la Disney's "Tron": "This is kind of like when Flynn gets ...