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Nike’s AirMax Sneaker Is 3D Printed via Zellerfeld
In a significant development for Zellerfeld, the company has collaborated with Nike to create the new Nike Air Max 1000. While it remains uncertain if the sneaker will be released…
Nike’s 3D Printed Shoes Mix AM and AI into a Hype Sauce Yawnevent
Nike has released Athlete Imagined Revolution (A.I.R), a line of 13 sneaker concepts featuring the use of additive manufacturing (AM). Developed from sketches through generative AI and interviews with Nike…
RIP 3D Printing, Part 3: Rapid Applications
In this series, I’ve guided you through a fragmented landscape where the shift from investor funding to making money from selling components, services or machines is imminent. Traditionally, mastering 3D…
The Advanced Manufacturing Talent Pipeline Forming on Chicago’s West Side
Advanced manufacturing can be used as an entry point into many different industries, but finding those opportunities can be challenging. One company in Chicago is creating a pathway within the…
Former Nike Execs Invest in 3D Printed Shoe Startup HILOS in $3M Round
Among the 3D printed footwear startups that has received the most recent attention is HILOS. The Portland, Oregon company first attracted attention for its approach to 3D printing potentially more…
3D Printing Golf Clubs and Equipment
Golf is a popular sport in corporate America and adds about $70 billion dollars a year to the American economy. Companies are always testing new products that will catch the…
Nike Introduces Flyprint Running Shoes with First 3D Printed Upper
In Berlin in September 2017, runner Eliud Kipchoge attempted to break his own world record for fastest marathon ever. The conditions were far from ideal, with heavy rain and 99…
3D Printing of Handbags, Duffels and R&D Tax Credits
3D printing continues to expand as a powerful tool for fashion. In the fashion industry, designers have gone above and beyond by using various technologies to improve their products. They…
The R&D Tax Credit Aspects of 3D Printed Footwear
Like many other industries, addictive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has made its way into the $215 billion footwear market. The contributions that 3D printing can have on footwear production are…
Prodways Introduces New 3D Printed Footwear Materials and Solutions, Collaborates with Nike
3D printed footwear seems to be almost constantly in the news lately. From collaborations involving big-name shoe manufacturers such as Adidas and New Balance to crowdfunded footwear from Wiivv and OLT…
If the Shoe Fits: 3D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing Footwear
Adidas has announced that it plans to 3D print 100,000 shoe soles of its Futurecraft 4 shoe by 2018. The German shoe and apparel company is doubling down on its…
Next Steps: 5 Predictions Driving the Footwear Industry by 2025
Last week was a huge week in both the $350B footwear industry and the 3D printing materials industries, when two companies I admire and respect, sports powerhouse Adidas and 3D…
Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Impacts Advanced Manufacturing
When Trump’s Muslim Ban hit on Friday, protests and expressions of outrage erupted across the nation. One particularly loud voice in this push back has come from the highest levels…
Artist Shane Griffin Creates 3D Printed Sculpture of Glitched Yeezy Boost 350 Shoe
The idea of 3D printed shoes is definitely not a concept for the future, but for the present. As we’re seeing increasingly, 3D printed shoes can actually be stylish and…
Reebok Uses Proprietary 3D Drawing Technology to Create New Liquid Speed Shoes
From head to toe, runway to running track, we’ve witnessed many recent instances where fashion intersects with 3D printing technology. One area that is blossoming into a commercial trend is…
Rio Olympic Games: 3D Technology Plays a Major Role in Apparel, from High-Tech Skinsuits to Futuristic Shoes
Winning the gold requires drive and ability that’s beyond the exceptional, maximum strength and optimum body weight that few of us could achieve, combined with a fierce sense of team…
World Champion Sprinter Refines Technique to Beat Her Own Time; Nike Refines Running Shoes in 3D Print
Founded in 1964, it would seem that over the years Nike has only continued to pick up the momentum in a fierce market driven by constant customer demand and sports and…
Nike’s 3D Printed Sprinting Shoe the Zoom Superfly Flyknit Will be Worn at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
Athletes who perform in the 200- and the 400-meter sprints often win by margins of milliseconds, so they are naturally going to look for any advantage that they can find…
High-Tech Zweikampf 3D Printed Soccer Shin Guards Get Kickstarted
Sports equipment has always had a pretty close relationship with advanced technology, and not only because their marketing companies practically salivate at the prospect of a new angle for their…
New Balance Releases their First 3D Printed Running Shoe, the Zante Generate
While a few companies have released 3D printed shoes previously, the New Balance Zante Generate is the first 3D-printed running sneaker to be made commercially available. Unfortunately, if you have…
New Balance on Track for Winning the Race in Marketing 3D Printed Running Shoes
Shoe lovers, hear ye! hear ye! Make way in those closets for the shoes of the future! This command may become a common one from us, too, as 3D printed…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover — October 17
What do Nike shoes, chocolate, robots, nylon glue and new medical technologies all have in common? They are all featured stories in this week’s stories we weren’t able to fully…
3D Printing Shoes from Home “Not That Far Away,” Nike COO Predicts
Just as I was wrapping up a story about how Adidas athletic shoe company has released a “statement of intent” to offer in-store scanning services to then 3D print shoes for…
Futurecraft 3D: Adidas Says It Will Turn to 3D Printed Shoes in Near Future
In my family, there’s such a thing known as ‘Michelle Shoes.’ These are shoes whereby comfort is by far the emphasis over appearance. Think Birkenstocks, but not quite that Flinstones-like….
