3D printing LED smart shoes feel full of technology, no Duang

For our necessities of life, technology companies are also broken heart. For example, SOLS, a start-up company in New York, finds it hard to buy shoes and try them on. So, just print out a pair of shoes for everyone!

ADAPTIV is quite different from our common shoes. This concept product uses a system consisting of gyroscopes and pressure sensors in its 3D printing custom shell. Therefore, ADAPTIV can be said to be an "intelligent" shoe, which can monitor the movement of its users and change the pressure distribution inside the shoe correspondingly to support the feet, ankles and other parts of the user's body. For athletes, these shoes can help them improve their physical activities and improve their athletic performance through their adaptability.

What does this custom shoe look like? According to the effect picture, whether it looks good or not is different. Leather is outside the shoes, but the leather is implanted with motion sensors, while the ankle area will be equipped with 3D printed silicone gasbag, which can change the support strength by inflating and deflating. What is even more impressive is that the shoes are equipped with color sensing cameras and RGB LED, which can change the colors according to the wearer's clothing.

Although the market is very small in terms of printing insoles or shoes, SOLS has been recognized by the capital market. In January and April last year, SOLS obtained $1 million 750 thousand angel financing from Lux Capital and $6 million 400 thousand A investment jointly invested by RRE Ventures and others. According to Recode, Sols has recently received $11 million 100 thousand in financing, including the former investment institutions Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and the newly added Tenaya Capital and Melo7 Tech Partners. What is interesting is that some of Melo7's funds come from NBA's "melon" Cameron Anthony, and the general manager of Dallas Mavericks, Terdema Ussery, has also announced its accession to the SOLS board. The first company in the medical field seems to want to enter the sports market on the name of NBA.

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