“Pressure on the midsole delivers a welcome buoyancy to the heal, less so on the toes.” Similar to when an orthodontist takes a mold of a patient’s teeth prior to fitting them with braces, Adidas will be able to mold feet for the perfect-fitting sneaker. Because of Carbon’s groundbreaking technology, you can build fully-customizable midsoles by pulling an impression out from a pool of resin.
Adidas’ Customizable FootwearĪccessing 17 years of archived running data, Adidas has created a prototype that molds to everyone’s foot, which will optimize wearers’ cushioning and stability.
ADIDAS FUTURECRAFT 4D PROFESSIONAL
Whether you’re a professional athlete or simply wanting a comfortable shoe, Adidas’ Futurecraft 4D takes into consideration your height, weight, impact zones, running style, and foot structure. In other words, Adidas is using this never-been-used-before technology to customize every shoe’s midsole for the perfect fit. The DLS process, in the most elementary interpretation, uses UV light projected through an oxygen-permeable window onto a liquid, UV-sensitive resin that morphs into the desired shape. Created by Silicon Valley startup Carbon, the all-new Futurecraft 4D has soles made from light and oxygen that according to Adidas, “is 25 to 100 times faster than traditional 3D printing.” The Digital Light SynthesisĪfter introducing its Futurecraft 3D running shoe concept in 2015, Adidas has taken the customization process to an entirely different level. With the hopes of producing 100,000 of their Futurecraft 4D sneaker by the end-of-2018, Adidas is ready to reshape our vision of the running shoe. So leave it to the always-innovative Adidas to find a revolutionary process called Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) to make their already-impressive Futurecraft 3D training sneaker all the more amazing. Although 3D printing has become “newest thing” in industrial manufacturing, it has yet to successfully crossover into wearable technology.