Brooklyn, N.Y.-based 3-D printing company MakerBot announced today that customers can purchase a 3-D scanner for $1,400. Called the MakerBot Digitizer, the scanner is ...

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 ...

MakerBot, a startup which unveiled a prototype of its first desktop 3D printer at the South by Southwest Interactive conference four years ago, has revealed a new prototype for a 3D scanner. Bre ...

3D printing enthusiasts now have a new toy to play with following the launch of the Makerbot Digitiser, a desktop scanner now on general sale. Retailing at £900 the gizmo allows its owners to scan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recorded on March 7, 2012. Makerbot’s new scanner lets you easily scan a person’s head and create a 3D model from it.