How did Wilson Sporting Goods create an airless basketball? 3D printing and digital materials. Engineering firm General Lattice was one of the partners in a project led by Wilson Sporting Goods to see whether flexible geometries achieved through 3D printing can match the feel and performance expected of a standard basketball. These two companies plus EOS and DyeMansion succeeded at creating an “airless” basketball delivering a standard basketball’s bounce and heft through 3D printed polymer structures alone. On this bonus episode of The Cool Parts Show, we talk about the airless basketball and what this success means. This episode of The Cool Parts Show brought to you by Carpenter Additive. https://www.carpenteradditive.com/ Find a complete transcript of this episode at http://www.additivemanufacturing.media/articles/airless-basketball-shows-promise-of-3d-printed-lattices-the-cool-parts-show-bonus LEARN MORE ABOUT Design and engineering firm General Lattice: https://www.generallattice.com/ Our full-length episode of The Cool Parts Show on General Lattice’s application of digital materials to helmet padding: http://www.additivemanufacturing.media/articles/3d-printed-lattices-replace-foam-for-customized-helmet-padding-the-cool-parts-show-62 Sporting goods covered on The Cool Parts Show and in other video:    • 3D Printed Sporting Equipment   --------------------------- Subscribe to THE BUILDUP, Additive Manufacturing Media's newsletter on 3D printing for industrial production: https://gbm.media/JoinTheBuildUp