3D Printing Finds a Custom Foothold in Manufacturing, Part 1
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An Adidas running shoe Futurecraft 4D midsole is printed on an industrial 3-D printer made by Carbon. The printer uses light and oxygen to create intricate designs, such as the varied lattices seen here, from a liquid resin, in a variant of stereolithography. CREDIT: ADIDAS
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