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The Home 3-D Printer Is More Real Than Ever--And Costs As Much As An iPad

The printer of the future is no longer just for professionals and electronics buffs. They're here, they're affordable, and they're multiplying.READ MORE

The 3-D Printing Pirates Who Could Render SOPA Meaningless

We're slowly moving to a world where printing 3-D objects will be common. At which point one could steal real-object IP as well as movies and music. READ MORE

How To 3-D Print With MakerBot's Thing-O-Matic

1 // MakerBot's Thing-O-Matic is a user-friendly descendant of the rapid-prototyping machines utilized by industrial designers for years. Such machines can produce three-dimensional "rough drafts" of products prior to their ...READ MORE

Automatically Replicating MakerBot Invasion at SXSW! 3-D Printing Goes Gangsta

3-D printing has spawned a small, passionate hacker/hobbyist community that not only designs and prints objects, but plays off each others' work, creating a tangible new dimension in Internet memes. READ MORE

MakerBot's 3-D Printers Let Consumers Dream Up Prototypes Of Pretty Much Anything. But Do We Need More Plastic?

Bre Pettis's MakerBot has attracted millions in financing and is selling its 3-D printers as fast as it can. So how big can his business get? (And why does the world need more crap made out of plastic?)READ MORE

Are 3-D Printers About to Hit the Mainstream?

We have 3-D movies and 3-D TV prototypes, so when are the 3-D printers coming? In actuality, 3-D printers have been around for awhile--they're used by product designers and architects to create 3-D plastic models from 3-D digital ...READ MORE