K3aley

Shoe Creator / Optimist 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇭

[K3aley @K3aley]

@CelticFC Bored Apes CSC. Come on the hoops #BAYC

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

On Running created a wild new spray-on shoe. The process is called LightSpray and was inspired by glue guns.

The method is a game-changer for footwear manufacturing, per NYT:

▫️It takes 3 minutes to finish the upper part of the shoe (see video) vs. 3 hours with stitching

▫️A single person can operate the machine vs. 100 people on a normal shoe assembly line (and only has 7 parts vs. ~150 to 200)

▫️”Rather than being put together by patternmakers, it is created using parametric design principles, and computational engineering.”

How?

A robot arm sprays “a single semi-translucent synthetic monofilament almost a mile long” on to a shoe mold to finish the upper (which is then “heat-fused to a foam rubber and carbon fibre sole”).

The shoe is very light at 170 grams and has 75% less environmental impact than a normal shoe-making process because:

▫️It can be made near the final selling destination (instead of in Asia and shipped around the world)

▫️There is very little filament waste and the material is a thermoplastic (which can be melted down and re-used after the shoe is done)

The lace-less (and form-fitting) shoe is officially called Cloudboom Strike LS and has already proven itself: Kenyan runner Hellen Obiri won the 2024 Boston Marathon wearing them (time = 2:22:37).

Obiri will be wearing them at Paris 2024 Olympics, too.

“It happened in 1979 with Nike Air Tech and in 1982 with the Air Force 1,” writes NYT’s Vanessa Friedman on the history of shoe innovation. “It happened with the Adidas Yeezys in 2015. And it happened with the Nike Vaporfly and the introduction of carbon plates in 2017.”

The LightSpray will be commercially available in the Fall for $300+. That’s pricey AF but I’ll prob get a pair for my long distance…300 meter walks to Starbucks.

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Full NYT link: https://t.co/P9Xsncy66H

Making of YouTube video from ON: https://t.co/gBPpSpc5Qx

[K3aley @K3aley]

@TrungTPhan @TonyCurran69 legend 🔥

[K3aley @K3aley]

@mrmaccorquodale @rudishadavid Still have my signed spikes in the basement of both world records 🔥. London was special. LEGEND!

[K3aley @K3aley]

@Boola_vogue Tremendous Matt. Absolute pleasure meeting you and lovely article. Will email you shortly. Ed ran the Zurich half marathon yesterday in 85 minutes 😂. Please send me the justgiving link. 💚

[K3aley @K3aley]

@Boola_vogue @FoundationCFC Lovely bumping into you after the race Matt. All the best.

[K3aley @K3aley]

@TWAC2022_ABS @TheJunction_YP @bodysoulcharity Unbelievable Cal and team 👏👏👏

[Irvine Welsh @IrvineWelsh]

Please RT and support if you can.
@calm121 and his crew @TWAC2022_ABS are rowing 3000 miles for @TheJunction_YP and #body&soul- 2 fantastic young peoples charities. Please support this incredible fundraising attempt here https://t.co/FQv5gpVqT3

[K3aley @K3aley]

@trevorjonesart I would love to see you get @Rossmuir_Art on

[K3aley @K3aley]

@Stepnofficial Would someone kindly dm me an activation code?

[K3aley @K3aley]

@DGNY @AkuDreams @Micah_Johnson3 The PUMPkin 🎃 ….so good 👏

[K3aley @K3aley]

@CSCSwitzerland @McArthursLenz Thanks for the reply. I can highly recommend O’Callaghans Shamrock Pub here in Zurich for the games. The owner Nigel is a big Celtic fan.

[K3aley @K3aley]

@TheNotoriousMMA @blarneyboy domeage 🍀

[WVRPS @wvrps]

"WVRPS Drops" ENCORE #001 has arrived! An official member of WarpSound, GLiTCH couldn't be left out!

A gift airdrop on Polygon for #WVRPS holders.

A media rich collab b/t @andypoondesign (illustration) x @daveko (animation) x GLiTCH (AI-composed music).

https://t.co/LUX0PlhlY6

[K3aley @K3aley]

@benmayorwhite @WAGMIUnited @Gfunkera86 @gmoneyNFT @SportsCheetah @C_Broadus21 @SnoopDogg Love it. Looking forward to seeing where you take it

[Khanh Vu @TrongKhanhVu]

In relief for retailers, Vietnam won't close factories amid COVID surge https://t.co/8MMwueNEE7

[K3aley @K3aley]

@par_sam_sons @shakeshack @adidasrunning Brilliant stuff Sam lad 🔥

[DinnerParty 👟👟👟 @DinnerpartyNFT]

gm. Thinking about starting the first community run sneaker company...who's in?

If you're into #sneakers or #NFTs help us out and RT or like this...we'll save a seat for you at the @DinnerpartyNFT

[K3aley @K3aley]

@kimpembe_3 @BoredApeYC @FrenchBAYC @frenchipino Come on you bhoys in green #coybig @CelticFC

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@BonnieLass88 @BoredApeYC Yaldi hwfg