# Step into the Future: Doc Sols’ 3D Printed Revolution in Podiatry

- Show: [Additive Snack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack)
- Published: 2023-08-29
- Length: 28m
- Episode: 4
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-08-29-step-into-the-future-doc-sols-3d-printed-revolution-in-podiatry
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/f52b0649

## Summary

Travis and Nathan Eadie, brothers behind Doc Sols, discuss their transition from a traditional orthotic lab to a platform-based business using additive manufacturing and AI. They detail the development of their app for foot scanning, the AI-driven prescription engine, and the unique lattice structures printed with EOS TPU powder that mimic human bone anatomy. The brothers also recount the catastrophic flooding of their Brisbane lab in 2022, which submerged their German 3D printer, and their subsequent recovery and scaling plans.

## Chapters

- [0:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-08-29-step-into-the-future-doc-sols-3d-printed-revolution-in-podiatry#t=4) Introduction and History of Doc Sols
- [6:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-08-29-step-into-the-future-doc-sols-3d-printed-revolution-in-podiatry#t=409) The Doc Sols Process: App, AI, and Printing
- [14:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-08-29-step-into-the-future-doc-sols-3d-printed-revolution-in-podiatry#t=878) Product Design: Lattice Structures and Materials
- [17:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-08-29-step-into-the-future-doc-sols-3d-printed-revolution-in-podiatry#t=1068) Challenges: Data Collection, Software, and Printing
- [22:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-08-29-step-into-the-future-doc-sols-3d-printed-revolution-in-podiatry#t=1332) The Brisbane Flood and Recovery
- [24:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-08-29-step-into-the-future-doc-sols-3d-printed-revolution-in-podiatry#t=1469) Future Vision and Scaling

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Doc Sols (company)
- EOS (company)
- Hypogenic (company)
- Additive Australia (company)
- Invisalign (product)
- TPU (material)

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