Gallery: For Super Bowl, Nike Uses 3-D Printing to Create a Faster Football Cleat

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    The Nike Vapor Carbon is a new 3D printed football cleat. Image: Nike
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    It's an update to Nike's first 3D printed cleat, the Vapor Laser Talon, which was made to improve players' 40-yard dash. Image: Nike
  • The cleat was designed to improve traction. Image Nike
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    The cleat was designed to improve traction. Image: Nike
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    The tri-star studs are strategically placed at the front, back and sides of the cleat to help grip the turf. Image: Nike
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    Individual adaptive Flywire strands help to keep the athlete's foot strapped to the footbed, so no energy is lost. Image: Nike
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    The Vapor Carbon vs. Vapor Laser Talon. Image: Nike
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    The shoe was developed with sprinter Michael Johnson. Image: Nike
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