Just two weeks ago we wrote about the Fuel3D, a device for scanning 3D objects so you can replicate them on a 3D printer, with a proposed price tag of around $1,000. Now MakerBot, the leading maker of desktop 3D printers, is launching its own 3D scanner next week, and Signe Brewster at GigaOM is betting it will cost just […] 
Le constructeur américain va se lancer sur le marché de l’impression 3D en 2014. Il n’envisage pas de rachat mais compte sur ses propres ressources pour s’imposer. Les systèmes d’impression 3D pourraient bien être un véritable relais de croissance pour HP. Après avoir indiqué en octobre sa volonté de rentrer sur le marché de l’impression […] 
3D printing remains a nascent market, despite high levels of hype around the technology’s potential – such as, most recently, news that astronauts will be using a 3D printer in space next year. The hype may be a little overblown but there’s no doubting the technology’s trajectory. Enter analyst Gartner with a new report, which predicts worldwide shipments of sub-$100,000 […] 
3D printing is all the rage and it’s hard to know just where to start. If you have a budding manufacturing magnate on your Christmas list we’ve got a few fun things for them to check out. One word of advice? Don’t buy cheap 3D printers. I’ve tested a few so far and a number […]