How Merkel's Running Shoes Are Customized with 3D Printing Technology

If you want to design a pair of running shoes for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, what kind of running shoes do you think suits her? On April 23rd, at the annual Hannover Industrial Fair, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser gave Merkel a pair of Adidas white custom-designed Ultra boost running shoes with the German-made logo. Chancellor Merkel seems to particularly like this pair of shoes.

New trends in the footwear industry

What makes this shoe special is that its sole has the powerful 3D printing technology. Siemens CEO Kaeser explained to Merkel that the 3D printing technology has led the new trend in the footwear industry. With the help of Siemens’ “digital twins”, the manufacturing industry has achieved a transformation from mass production to small-volume custom production.

This running shoe was produced by Adidas at its new speed factory in Bavaria. With MindSphere, Siemens' latest industrial cloud platform, Adidas Speed Factory hopes to meet this new trend in the footwear industry. In fact, not only running shoes, many products of the German manufacturing industry have begun to use 3D printing technology, such as the aircraft engine, auto parts and so on, as long as there is a customized demand for products, 3D printing technology will become a trend. Therefore, we can also see the development prospects of the 3d printer.

In order to accelerate the application of 3D printing in global manufacturing, Siemens launched a new additive manufacturing network cooperation platform at the Hannover Industry Fair to meet the needs of the global manufacturing industry for custom design, engineering, digital tools and 3D printing.

Klaus Helmrich, a member of the management committee of Siemens AG, told CFA reporters: “As innovation cycles get shorter and shorter, companies need to constantly redesign their products, re-manufacture and create new businesses. We need to establish a network that integrates manufacturing companies, engineering companies, automation technology solution providers, and service providers on a single platform to create new business models."

Nubia released smart door lock - support 5 ways unlocking

On April 11th, Nubia Z18mini made its debut in Beijing, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 AIE platform was designed with a total of 6 colors, including Black, Glacier White, Jade Powder, Celadon Blue, and Provence Purple. The Z18mini uses the now popular metal body plus surface gorilla glass backshell design to provide dazzling and colorful matching possibilities. Of course, the Nubia-style narrow bezel process is still continuing on this product, and the 5.7-inch 18:9 FHD+ full screen also maintains a good body size. What is even amazing, this smartphone is super affordable. In addition to the Nubia Z18mini, Nubia released the Nubia Smart Lock, which is part of the layout of Nubia's Smart Link and is priced at 1,599 yuan.

Nubi’s smart locks have been unveiled at the Barcelona MWC in February this year. It has a built-in financial-grade crypto chip and Super B-grade zinc alloy lock body. It supports password, fingerprint, smart card, key, and mobile remote unlocking modes. Although it is pricier than the traditional door locks, it is so much safer, and so much cheaper than many smart door locks that are not as good as this one.

In terms of appearance, Nubia smart door locks are designed with a sliding cover. The material is zinc alloy and the surface is electroplated. The smart lock's zinc alloy material, delicate slide design, and plating layers all make it look exceptionally high-end and elegant.

Nubia smart door locks can support five unlocking methods: fingerprint unlocking, password unlocking, smart card unlocking, key unlocking, and cell phone unlocking. The official said that its built-in financial security chip, with the military-level performance of 30,000-pixel fingerprint recognition, ultra-B-level lock body, support for dynamic anti-peeping, permission-level management. Except for this smart door locks, another star product that you should focus on is the Xiaomi Door Lock. The Xiaomi Aqara Smart Door Lock is also not expensive, completely safe, of good quality and it looks chic.