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Adidas Release their 3D Printed Shoes: The Futurecraft 4D

Adidas and Carbon 3D’s collaboration has finally been released to the general public. Their 3D printed shoes, the Futurecraft 4D sneakers, are only available in select US retailers via a raffle system for the moment however. Carbon expects to ship…

Adidas Release their 3D Printed Shoes: The Futurecraft 4D
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Adidas and Carbon 3D’s collaboration has finally been released to the general public. Their 3D printed shoes, the Futurecraft 4D sneakers, are only available in select US retailers via a raffle system for the moment however. Carbon expects to ship over 100,000 pairs of these 3D printed shoes by the end of 2018.

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The Adidas Futurecraft 4D being printed using their CLIP 3D technology.

Futurecraft 4D: Finally Released

Carbon 3D are a startup that recently received over $200M in investment to expand its production. They partnered with world-renowned shoe brand Adidas to create their first commercial 3D printed trainers. Since being teased back in September 2017, the shoes are finally now starting to see a worldwide rollout. Carbon CEO Dr. Joseph DeSimone stated this “illustrates the power of true digital 3D manufacturing at scale and the infinite possibilities ahead.”

Carbon 3D are not any old 3D printing company however. They use their patented CLIP (Continuous Liquid Interface Production) technology which is somewhat similar to stereolithography to 3D print 100x faster. You may remember Carbon 3D from the TED Talk of the same name, which we have linked below: