Wilson Sporting Goods has released a limited edition Airless Gen1 3D-printed basketball. With only 75 unique units during this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend, it has sold out. In 2023, Wilson turned ...

Forward-looking: Sports gear company Wilson has reinvented the basketball. It recently created a high-tech prototype that needs no air to bounce. The so-called "Airless Prototype" is the first ...

Like many of the airless tire concepts we've seen, Wilson's airless ball maintains its bounce using a highly engineered elastic structure instead of pneumatic pressure. In this case, the company went ...

It is hard to imagine a ball without air, especially as it looks deflated and would not bounce as it is, making it hard to play with in different sports. However, Wilson wants to change that, and as ...

Basketball was invented in 1891, and aside from switching to the now-iconic orange ball around the 1950s (and ditching an OG version with laces, akin to a football), not a whole lot has changed about ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Wilson created a futuristic airless basketball that's getting all the hype on social media, and the $2 ...

Makers are reinventing sports gear with 3D-printed airless balls that never go flat. By tuning lattice geometry, filament choice, and print settings, they achieve bounce and durability close to ...

There are plenty of reasons you might want to own an airless basketball that bounces and performs just like the real thing. Say, if you host your own neighborhood March Madness tournament each year, ...

Nadine Lippa, innovation manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, wasn’t joking when she says her boss tasked her to “reinvent the basketball.” And her 3D Airless Prototype Basketball does feel like ...

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The Airless Gen1 basketball builds upon Wilson’s prototype, and includes performance improvements and a streamlined manufacturing process. The basketball “nearly fits” regulation basketball criteria, ...