The Army is eyeing a mix of existing and new technology to potentially scale through the second iteration of the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, including systems that use artificial intelligence ...

Last month, MakerBot began offering its Smart Extruder+, a new and improved print head for its flagship Replicator and Replicator Mini desktop 3D printers. The company claims the new Smart Extruder+ ...

WASHINGTON — Clint Hinote didn’t expect to change his mind. He was back at the Pentagon in August, for the first time since retiring this year. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks had asked to ...

"Desktop fabrication machine" may sound more like an item in a sci-fi book than a device you can buy today, but they do exist, and they're getting better. Makerbot's new Replicator 2 can print out 3-D ...

After hearing the news that NASA had “emailed” a wrench up to an astronaut on the ISS through its 3D printer, there was one word that kept coming up: Replicator ...

A team of researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have unveiled a 3D printer that uses light to create an entire object at once. It's called the Replicator, named after the machines ...

The dream of the Replicator—a machine that can create or copy any object—has mesmerized us ever since Star Trek used one to conjure a glass of water out of thin air. Yet, like so much other sci-fi ...

MakerBot’s latest model, the $2,000 Replicator+, is faster, larger, and looks less homespun than the original. Released in 2012, the MakerBot Replicator sold for $1,749. For that price, you could own ...

Scientists use volumetric additive manufacturing techniques for bioprinting cartilage in microgravity. The objective is to make it efficient, affordable and scalable. In a recent project selected by ...