3D printing has had an revolutionary impact on the industrial world at numerous levels. While in some areas, researchers are producing groundbreaking studies and inventions as in medicine, other innovators are focused on improving essential needs, like clothing and shoes. That doesn’t mean, howeve... Read more...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – OESH® Shoes (OESH), the U.S. footwear brand that makes women’s shoes that are “healthy by design,” has been evaluating how Huntsman’s thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) materials can be used to create a 100% recyclable shoe sole via 3D printing – with positive resul... Read more...
India has proposed imposing customs duties on computer-aided design, or CAD, files, which are necessary for 3D printing, while pitching its case for countries to be able to tax electronic transmissions. Electronic transmissions are at present immune from taxation in the World Trade Organization (WTO... Read more...
We have seen 3D printed shoes, do you know, even the slipper with thong are printed in 3D? Yes, it is done by Australian company called Retraction Footwear. Australia is a country that loves thongs however, it is almost impossible to buy a pair that is made here. Their Aim? It's to make t... Read more...
Voxel8 is a young American company that has developed a multi-material additive manufacturing solution focused mainly on the design of sports shoes and clothing. While many actors have focused on creating 3D printed soles, Voxel8 designs the entire upper part of the shoe. Its ActiveMix process allow... Read more...
The research firm SmarTech Analysis, specialized in additive manufacturing, recently published its latest report on the role of 3D technologies in the footwear sector. The use of additive manufacturing in this industry is expected to generate more than $6.5 billion by 2029, an expected annual growth... Read more...
The STL file format is the most commonly used file format for 3D printing. STL file format has been adopted and supported by many other CAD software packages, and today is widely used for rapid prototyping, 3D printing, and computer-aided manufacturing. 1. What does the file extension .STL stand ... Read more...
HP’s new FitStation platform will use 3D scanning and dynamic gait analysis to deliver custom 3D printed insoles and footwear. Since the global tech giant HP unveiled their Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology at RAPID 2016, the industry has been bracing itself for these potentially revoluti... Read more...
In today’s swiftly evolving retail world, at least two things are certain: Experience matters, and digital technology isn’t going anywhere. The savviest companies are absorbing those truths and searching for fresh innovations to inject newness into their selling strategy. For the Melissa br... Read more...
One could print an entire shoe (not wearable, though), or you could go as far as to create metal molds out of which real foam midsoles or rubber outsoles can be produced in limited numbers – hence bypassing the lengthy process of creating production molds. .... ... truly awestruck when we firs... Read more...