MakerBot

MakerBot has unveiled the Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+ 3D printers, which are faster and quieter than their predecessors, with bigger build volumes and a new build plate. The company has also detailed a new Smart Extruder, a tougher PLA filament, and updates to the MakerBot web and mobile apps.

Entrepreneurs Denmark have another step towards improving the general usability of 3D printers with the Diamond Hotend, a single 3D extruder unit that can mix and melt three colors of filaments together and produce items in a rainbow of colors.

3D printing technology may be some way off producing fully functional household appliances, but tiny steps are being made toward helping us out with our domestic duties. Hoover has today unveiled two designs for vacuum accessories, freely available to all through online marketplace Thingiverse.

If humans do successfully colonise Mars, what kind of homes will they inhabit? They could do worse than Noah Hornberger's Queen B (Bioshielding) concept.

Print the Legend tells the story of how 3D printing moved from an industry-only engineering technology to an at-home, DIY manufacturing machine as start-ups have taken the consumer market by storm.

Today at CES MakerBot unleashed three new Replicators into the 3D printer market, with the massive Z18 designed for industrial applications, a compact Mini for school and work, and an upgrade on its "prosumer" offering, the simply-named Replicator.

The 3D printer industry is growing in both the professional and maker markets. With more and more 3D printers diving under the US$4,000 price-point, is it time for you to pick up one of your own?

A new Kickstarter project is set to launch the world's first all-in-one 3d copy machine that can scan, copy, print and even fax 3d objects.Instead of buying a hammer the next time you need one, you could simply scan your neighbors or have a friend fax across their hammer scan and print your own.

Ebay has teamed up with a host of 3D printing specialists to launch an iOS app named ebay Exact which lets users customize iPhone cases, jewelry and other odds and ends.

Researchers have used a CT scanner and a 3D printer to create a physical model of a live rat's skeleton.

Hot Pop Factory used a Makerbot 3D printer and a Kinect to create Pez dispensers modeled after an individual person's head.

Gizmag reveals the winners of the World Technology Summit & Awards 2012.