Nadine Lippa, gerente de innovaci\u00f3n de Wilson Sporting Goods, no bromeaba cuando dice que su jefe le encarg\u00f3 “reinventar el baloncesto”.\u00a0Y su prototipo de baloncesto sin aire 3D se siente como algo del futuro.<\/p>\n
Nadine Lippa, innovation manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, wasn\u2019t joking when she says her boss tasked her to \u201creinvent the basketball.\u201d And her 3D Airless Prototype Basketball does feel like something from the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Aside from the size and the gripping lines that cut through the surface of a basketball, the Airless doesn\u2019t look like a typical ball. For starters, you can see through it. Wilson\u2019s Airless Prototype doesn\u2019t have any bladder inside and thus no way to contain the pressurized air that makes a ball bounce. Instead, it\u2019s comprised of a lattice made of hundreds of tiny hexagonal holes. This means the ball doesn\u2019t need to be inflated and will never go flat. And yet, it bounces like a real basketball.<\/p>\n