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 ...

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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+ ...

The Department of Defense aims to transform the battlefield with advanced autonomous systems through its ambitious and potentially game-changing Replicator initiative. This program seeks to rapidly ...

"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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is eyeing a mix of existing and new technology to potentially scale through the second iteration of the Pentagon’s ...

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 ...

A food tech company has reimagined edible creation with a 3D printer emulating Star Trek's replicator through robotics and ...

MakerBot has fixed some major issues and upgraded some key aspects of its technology with the latest version of its flagship desktop 3D printer, the Replicator+. The company claims the MakerBot ...

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In a recent project selected by NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards program, scientists and engineers are exploring how volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) 3D printing ...