Imagine going over to your home office, designing your own swimsuit, and then printing it out on your desktop 3D printer.
Electroloom, the world’s first 3D fabric printer, can make it happen in the future.
With Electroloom’s new 3D printing technology, just recently funded on Kickstarter, swimmers may be able to create seamless, ready-to-wear swimwear sometime in the future.
While fabrics with a polyester/cotton blend are what is planned for the first production units, we are hopeful and expect that other fabrics will soon follow.
Do you want a new swimsuit design? A new logo or new colors? A different cut or thicker straps? A tighter fit or a drag suit? Go ahead and print it.
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.