{"id":9377,"date":"2013-12-12T09:05:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T17:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=9377"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T19:12:15","slug":"london-designer-creates-3d-printed-regenerative-running-shoes-from-protocells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/london-designer-creates-3d-printed-regenerative-running-shoes-from-protocells","title":{"rendered":"London designer creates 3D-printed, regenerative running shoes from protocells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"author fn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/users\/valentina.palladino\">Valentina Palladino<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\" id=\"paragraph0\">At the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearablefutures.co\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wearable Futures<\/a> conference, London designer and researcher <a href=\"http:\/\/shameesaden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shamees Aden<\/a> debuted a running shoe concept that will put your worn out kicks to shame. The shoes, which he\u2019s developing with University of Southern Denmark professor Martin Hanczyc, are 3D printed from a synthetic biological material that can repair itself overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\" id=\"paragraph1\">The running shoes are the product of Aden\u2019s study of protocells. The basic protocell molecules are not themselves alive, but can be combined to create living organisms. Mixing different protocells creates different properties, and allows them to be programmed to behave differently depending on heat, light, and pressure. The shoes\u2019 unique construction allows them to be 3D printed to the exact size of the user\u2019s foot, so they would fit like a second skin. While running, the shoes would react to pressure and movement, providing extra cushioning when needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\" id=\"paragraph2\">\u201cThe cells have the capability to inflate and deflate and to respond to pressure,\u201d Aden <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2013\/12\/11\/3d-printed-trainers-synthetic-biology-protocells-shamees-aden-wearable-futures\/\" target=\"_blank\">tells Dezeen<\/a>. \u201cAs you\u2019re running on different grounds and textures it\u2019s able to inflate or deflate depending on the pressure you put onto it and could help support you as a runner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/12\/11\/5200814\/designer-creates-3d-printed-regenerative-running-shoe\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentina Palladino At the Wearable Futures conference, London designer and researcher Shamees Aden debuted a running shoe concept that will put your worn out kicks to shame. The shoes, which he\u2019s developing with University of Southern Denmark professor Martin Hanczyc, are 3D printed from a synthetic biological material that can repair itself overnight. The running [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65095,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9377\/revisions\/65095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}