MakerBot is best known for its 3D printers, turning virtual products into real ones, but the company's latest hardware to go on sale, the MakerBot Digitizer, takes things in the opposite direction.

There are a few major obstacles in the way of 3-D printing's imminent mainstream success: affordability, easy-to-use hardware, and easy-to-design objects. The MakerBot Digitizer isn’t exactly cheap -- ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. MakerBot founder Bre Pettis today announced the Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner prototype it intends to sell ...