A huge shout out to Feetz! That was an incredible event! We had some really great attendees come in for some coffee, some feet scanning, and a virtual tour of Feetz San Diego 3D Printing Powerhouse!
Lets backup a bit, Feetz is a company that will acuratly scan your foot, and then turn that scan into a perfectly fitted shoe! It is a fantastic concept that really showcases all that 3D Printing can accomplish. It can take an innovative idea, and customize it for the masses.
Customized mass production is a mind boggling concept in and of itself. Feetz has hit a home run with their process, which they engineered from the ground up. Proprietary machines, filament, even slicing algorythms.
They launched late october, early november 2016, and already have a tonne of orders coming in. Talk about hitting the ground running.
Back to the event. Feetz reached out to me via the 3D Hubs network and coordinated us having our gathering of the minds at a pop-up shop in the DSW store in San Francisco. We were met with smiling faces and a boat load of enthusiasm. We took turns getting our feet scanned a scanner of Feetz own design, and got a read out of our exact measurements. We got to check out their unique printers and filament as well. But the best part was being able to talk to their CTO Nigel. I can say enough about this guy. Truly and innovator and a gentlemen at that! He gave us a virtual tour of their facility in San Diego and it was mighty impressive. Boasting a good 100+ custom built printers! He then opened it up for questions. Proud to say we grilled him good! Asking everything about their process from their printers, to their special filament, to their proprietary slicing software. Man did I want to get my hands on that. I hope they open up their developments to the community, what they are doing could change the face of printing!
I was really excited to host this event, and to have imaginations run wild. I am really proud of Feetz and I know they will do great things!
