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Design Collective Sensoree Shows Off Mind-Reading Fashion

September 12, 2014

Sensoree NEUROTiQ

This past week at New York Fashion Week, design collective Sensoree showed off NEUROTiQ. Sensoree tries to create things that push intimacy outward, “extimacy.” The rather odd looking headpiece is designed to change colors based on your state of mind. For example, red indicates sleep and orange signals calm. The core structure of the piece is knitted and the spheres are 3D printed. The colors are driven by a consumer level EEG sensor with 14 different contact points. All told, the headpiece took over 130 hours to create. While it is more than likely you will never own or see a headpiece like this, the technology driving it is what is truly being shown off. The $400 Emotive Epoc EEG sensor is controlling NEUROTiQ’s mind-reading wizardry and it is able to accomplish this without shaving a model’s head to place the electrodes.

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Manufacturing, Sports

Nike Debuts 3D Printed Duffle Bag

June 20, 2014

Nike 3D Printed Duffle Bag

Nike is debuting an extremely limited edition 3D printed duffle bag at this years World Cup in Brazil. The bag is named Rebento, which means “explode” in Portuguese, and is designed to hold sports equipment. The mesh design references two of Nike’s football cleats. It is printed out of nylon using a method called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). During laser sintering, a laser heats a powdered material (in this case nylon) and binds it together. Following a 3D CAD design, laser sintering is able to easily produce extremely complex geometries that would otherwise be nearly impossible. The bag is not the only 3D printed item Nike is debuting for the World Cup.  

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Mink 3D Printer
Cosmetics

Meet Mink: The 3D Printer For Cosmetics

May 7, 2014

Mink 3D Printer

While makeup and cosmetics aren’t a usual topic for us, they are an important part of fashion.  With that in mind, we would be remiss not to cover a very interesting announcement out of Disrupt NY from Harvard Business grad Grace Choi.  Attempting to push 3D printers in a new, more useful direction, Choi announced a 3D printer for makeup called Mink.  The concept behind the printer is that most cosmetics are chemically identical, differing mainly in color.  According to Choi, the color is what more often than not defines the price point.  Mink uses these basic formulas to create cosmetics of any color under the rainbow. 

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Manufacturing

Disney Testing 3D Printing With Wool

April 29, 2014

3D Printed Wool Bear

Deep within the bowels of Disney Research, there is a team tired of 3D printing items with sharp corners.  They have developed a method of using wool and wool blend yarn to print CAD objects.  The printer uses a sewing machine style needle to gradually build an object.  The printing technique can also be used to layer around other items, such as electronics or stiffening mesh.  While you likely won’t be purchasing a custom printed Goofy from a cart in the Magic Kingdom anytime soon, the implications of this type of 3d printing are very exciting.  Click through to see a video of it in action.  

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Shoes

3D Printed Flexible Sneakers

March 17, 2014

3D Printed Recreus Sneakers

Recreus has released plans for a 3d printed sneaker.  Utilizing a new, extremely flexible extruded material, the Sneakerbot II is pushing the ball forward on what 3D printers are able to accomplish with footwear.  No longer hard and rigid, Recreus’s Filaflex material claims to be “the most elastic filament on the market.”  Indeed, a video posted along with the plans on Thingiverse shows the sneakers being crumpled into a ball and then retaining it’s shape. While impressive, Recreus’s website is light on information about the new material (displaying only countdown to the website’s launch…in over a year!).  Also it is worth noting that the size of the shoe is going to be limited by the size of your printing platform, so don’t expect to see these on your favorite NBA player anytime soon.  Head past the break for a video of the sneaker being printed.

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Openknit.com computerized knitting loom machine
Manufacturing

Open Source Knitting Printer: Open Knit

February 25, 2014

OpenKnit.org Knitting Machine

While other companies are chasing after 3D printed clothing, OpenKnit has released plans for an open source computerized knitting machine.  Using only Knitic design software, the build-it-yourself machine, and some yarn, you can create the knitwear of your dreams within a couple of hours.  OpenKnit estimates the cost of the machine to be around $750 dollars and they have all the need plans available to download on their website.  OpenKnit has also created a community to share your creations with others and exchange design files called Do Knit Yourself.  Head past the break to see the setup in action and for a delightfully 8-bit explanation of how it work.

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