adidas Futurecraft 4D

High performance footwear with a midsole crafted through a process employing light and oxygen

There’s a process known as Digital Light Synthesis, invented by the California-based technology firm Carbon—and it’s unlike any other employed in accessories. Here, a pool of responsive, dynamic resin rests on an optical member (more or less a piece of glass) with proprietary technology in it that let’s oxygen through. The resin on top of that member won’t cure. Hundreds of microns above, light strikes …

“Seeing” a Black Hole

Every visualization you’ve ever seen of a black hole has been an illustration. As Vox points out, the closest the scientific community has ever come to seeing one was through last year’s observation of “spacetime-warping gravitational waves radiating” from the billion-year-old collision of two black holes. This is because black holes are small, far away, dark and surrounded by bright things. Now, however, a planet-sized …

Forest Swords: Dazed Mix

From its haunting ANOHNI opening to a conclusive 45-minute-long rumination on Björk’s “Stonemilker,” a Dazed Mix of remixes and original compositions by Forest Swords (aka producer Matthew Barnes) delivers a stark sonic landscape with a topography declared by emotional states. There’s haze, introspection, curiosity and adventure bound together across the two hours—with experimentation and concise composition as the through line. Forest Swords’ new album, Compassion, …