makerbot smart extruder

While at RAPID + TCT last week in Fort Worth, Texas, in between attending keynotes and press conferences and checking out the latest 3D printers, I was able to sit down…

Just when you thought it was over…it’s baack. About a year ago, it appeared that the lawsuit filed by shareholders against Stratasys and MakerBot had finally been put to rest, but…

MakerBot has really been focusing on 3D printing materials recently, as it now makes up one of the largest segments of the desktop 3D printer market. We first heard about MakerBot’s new…

On Tuesday, I stood in MakerBot‘s 21st floor office in bustling Brooklyn, New York. The views out the windows were excellent; at that height, we were afforded a clear look…

For a while last year, things were pretty rough for Stratasys and MakerBot. It all started back in 2014, when MakerBot introduced their new Smart Extruder at CES in January….

By the time you are into the actual process of 3D printing, all that’s usually on your mind is the outcome. With the green light on, all systems go, you…

We all have dreams. Shockingly, I didn’t spend my childhood dreaming of running a 3D printing news site; the technology didn’t exist yet when I was born. Instead, I spent the…

While MakerBot has certainly experienced some major and well-publicized challenges in the area of the Smart Extruder, it can’t be denied that they’ve certainly persisted in working to get it right,…

Late last year 3DPrint.com received anonymous information from a MakerBot employee upset about the way in which the company had been handling problems involving their Smart Extruder. The anonymous employee,…

MakerBot has announced that the Fifth Generation MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer has been awarded the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. The Red Dot Design Award is an international…

There has been a lot said about the MakerBot Smart Extruder recently. Some people love it while others are less fond of it. Regardless though, MakerBot is making a lot…

The MakerBot Smart Extruders; you either love them or you hate them. When MakerBot Released their 5th Generation Replicators a little over a year ago, many people were in awe…

One of the great things about attending a show as large as, and on as large of a stage as, CES is the fact that all of the big players within industries…

UPDATE: 12/10/14 3:48PM ET: MakerBot has responded to us about these reports. Jenifer Howard, Director of PR for the company, had this to say: “We have been continually iterating and…

Back in January at the Consumer Electronics Show, Makerbot unveiled three new Fifth Generation MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers. These included the MakerBot Replicator Mini, The MakerBot Replicator, and the larger MakerBot…