Auxetic materials

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Auxetic materials are generally available around 2018

Source

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

Nike's Free RN (2016) shipped a sole with a 'Tri-star' cut pattern Nike called auxetic, sold at retail worldwide.

Test: D37 Horizons: auxetic products buyable by ordinary consumers by 2020 (earlier counts).

Nike Free RN Review (Running Shoes Guru) (2016-07): Retail Nike Free RN uses an auxetic triangular sole pattern that expands perpendicular to applied force.

Grader B: hit

Nike's Free RN 2016 and Under Armour's ArchiTech used auxetic sole/upper structures; Nike marketed the auxetic outsole in 2016. Available before 2018.

Test: Auxetic products could be bought by consumers by 2020 (earlier counts).

Nike Free RN Flyknit 2016 (2016): Consumer shoe with auxetic tri-star sole pattern that expands in two directions.
Auxetics (2018): Commercial applications in footwear and protective gear.

All captured fields

id: hz-2014-048
category: Nanotechnology and materials science
kind: technology
target year: 2018
placed year: 2018
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2016,"mainstream":2017,"financially_viable":2018}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2017.2, between the 2017 and 2018 lines, nearer 2017 (read as 2017). Bar from 2015.9 to 2017.6: scientifically viable ~2016, financially viable ~2018. Sub-area: Next-generation.