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Nike has just shown off its first (almost) entirely 3D-printed shoe, the Air Max 1000, to the world and it's quite the "wearable sculpture." How the shoe was made is a new way forward for the company while still paying homage to its almost 60 year old Max Air lineage. Sorry, you can't buy one of these for Christmas...
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A Taiwanese footwear brand known for its award-winning designs and eco-friendly initiatives has become the first company to start making shoes using recycled silicon waste. How does one incorporate rigid material like silicon into flexible footwear, you might ask? Read on.
Taiwan-based Ccilu (pronounced “chee-loo,”...
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Nike was the brand that Marty McFly wore on his feet in the classic science fiction flick Back to the Future II. Next to the hoverboard he rode in that film, the shoes that lace themselves are what many fans wanted. Fast forward a few decades and Nike launched a version of those self-lacing sneakers that consumers...
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Film director Robert Zemeckis and Nike introduced the world to the idea of self-lacing sneakers in the second Back to the Future movie, and now three decades later, shoe makers are making a spirited push to sell consumers on the real thing. Puma is the latest to pounce on the concept with a line of Fitness...
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Anyone who appreciates '80s movies should have seen at least one entry in the Back to the Future franchise at this point. The first two films are the best with the third being a bit off the mark in many opinions. The coolest thing about Back to the Future II was the hoverboard for most kid's of the '80s, but at a time...
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Robert Zemeckis and everyone else involved in the Back to the Future series probably never envisioned that the sci-fi comedy flicks would become cult classics that are still enjoyed and frequently referenced three decades later. But here we are as Nike introduces a pair of self-tying shoes that are somewhat similar to...
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You can create just about anything with a 3D printer these days. That includes guns, pancakes, and now a running shoe, courtesy of New Balance, which beat rivals Nike and Adidas to the punch. New Balance also got a major assist from 3D Systems, a company based in North Carolina that developed a new elastomer powder...
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Adidas is relaunching its "mi adidas" app late this summer, though it comes with a twist to sneaker customization. This time around, mi adidas users will be able to apply any photographic image, including Instagram photos, to the 2014 model ZX Flux. Once you're happy with the result, Adidas will build the customized...
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Remember when Nike introduced Marty McFly's MAG shoes a few years ago? Nike only made 1,500 pairs of the MAG as featured in Back to the Future Part II, which were then auctioned off on eBay where they generated nearly $6 million for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. As cool as those replicas...
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Obviously all the extra searches and scans at airports which have followed 9/11 mean that getting through an airport has become a marathon process. One such part of an airport visit may be reduced in duration, thanks to technology.It all began with Richard Reid. Reid was arrested on December 22, 2001 for attempting to destroy a...
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