"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 ...

Trekkies rejoice: There’s a new machine on the market that is described as a “real life version of Star Trek’s ‘replicator.’” The replicator is a device that is used to “synthesize meals on demand” ...

AUSTIN, Texas - The food replicator, a machine that instantly "creates" consumables, is one of the greatest creations of the fictional Star Trek universe. Now, NASA is studying whether a real ...