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2016 Top 5 Most Popular Stories Wearable Tech Fashion
Year In Review

Year In Review: The Most Popular Stories Of 2016

January 1, 2017

2016 Top 5 Most Popular Stories Wearable Tech Fashion

As we look forward to a year of new and exciting wearables, fashion tech, and (hopefully) things-we-have-yet-to-imagine, it seemed appropriate to look back at the most popular stories of 2016. This year’s top stories serve as a nice representation of what is happening in the industry at a macro level. Our top story of the year covers fashionable fitness trackers and as we move down the list we cover smartwatches, fashion tech, and connected devices. Take a look below to see what your fellow readers care the most about and thanks for making 2016 the best year yet for Circuits And Cable Knit!  

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JS Shoes 3D knitted printed kickstarter
Manufacturing, Shoes

World’s First Entirely 3D Knitted Shoes Launch On Kickstarter

February 11, 2016

JS Shoes 3D knitted printed kickstarter

While most of us understand the concept of 3D printing, you might be a little less familiar with 3d knitting. The ingenious technology allows you to three dimensionally create fabric items in a specialized loom. This means that an entire garment can be created at once with zero waste; it emerges from the loom as a complete garment. Not only is this amazing for the environment, it also results in more comfortable clothing, since they are seamless. From a designer’s perspective, 3D knitting means clothing can be prototyped in a fraction of the time (and cost) versus the tradition cut and sew approach. The technology isn’t new (it emerged in the 1990’s) but it is finally gaining traction thanks to reduced costs and advances in tech. In fact, one of the very first stories we covered was an open source 3D knitting machine called Open Knit.  

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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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Back To The Future Nike Air Mag 2011 Sneakers
Shoes

Self Lacing Nike Air Mag (a.k.a. the Back To The Future Shoe) Possibly Arriving in 2015

February 27, 2014

Nike Air Mag 2011 Edition

 

In 2011, Nike released the super-limited-edition Air Mag for sale on eBay.  The shoe was one of the gee-wiz items Marty encounters in the future in Back To The Future 2 (we are still waiting for the hoverboard).  The 2011 release of the shoe was lacking one key feature from the movie: self-tying laces; that might soon change.  During an appearance for the Jordan Brand’s Flight Lab in New Orleans, Nike designer Tinker Hatfield was asked about whether we would see self-tying laces in 2015.

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