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Looks like shoe manufacturing is about to change, this could be awesome.
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/student-creates-worlds-fastest-shoe-with-a-printer-2012079/
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Some bold performance claims I doubt they have any real evidence for. Nonetheless, it is a very interesting concept. They've been using this technology for prototype modeling for some time; I used to know someone who ran one of these machines.
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Now, what would be really nice is if companies sold the patterns for their shoe-lines so you could print them yourselves. Want some 1974 era Nikes? <print>
Of course, they'd find some digial rights management so they could make a profit, but wouldn't it be worth it -- never find yourself without a new pair of your favorite kicks.
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I saw some cool looking prosthetics that used this technology. Really interesting to see Art fused with medical devices, like that.
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