MakerBot is now shipping the company's largest 3D printer, the the Replicator Z18 3D. The Z18 3D printer has a large z-axis that produces 3D prints up to 18 inches in height (which is also how the printer gets it name). The build volume is 12-inches length by 12-inches width x 18-inches height. The printer is priced at $6,499.

Cambridge UK-based design studio Dovetailed has developed a 3D printer that can print edible fruit. The company is using spherification at the backend, which is a molecular gastronomy technique that can turn liquids into spheres.

MakerBot is shipping the Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer, the company's fifth generation 3D printers. The printers have an on-board camera to monitor its 3D printing via the MakerBot Mobile app; and features the MakerBot Replicator Smart Extruder. The MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer is priced at $1,375.

Stratasys, a 3D printing company, and makers of the MakerBot 3D printers, has established a dental advisory board for digital dentistry.  The advisory board is expected to...

A new type of printer developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research Pittsburgh can turn wool and wool blend yarns into fabric objects that...