Continuing to broaden its innovative strides, adidas recently unvelied the all-new Futurecraft 4D, the first high-performance sneaker featuring Digital Light Synthesis crafted midsoles. Pioneered by Carbon, Digital Light Synthesis uses light and oxygen to eliminate the need for traditional prototyping or moulding. The midsole of the Futurecraft 4D is the product of 17 years of running data, brought to functional reality through a pioneering digital footwear component creation process. This new technology in turn allows adidas to operate on a completely different manufacturing scale and sport performance quality, departing from 3D printing to bring additive manufacturing in the sport industry into a new dimension. The Futurecraft 4D is adidas’s first application of such a process, allowing the company to precisely address the needs of each athlete, in reference to movement, cushioning, stability, and comfort. Unfortunately, only 300 prototypes of the innovative sneaker will be released in April, meaning interested consumers may need to wait a while before it officially hits retail.