NRG Creates a Sneaker Constructed From Repurposed CO2

A year ago, the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE was set into motion. It is a $20 million USD competition that invited teams to submit business proposals on converting carbon emissions into something useful. The winner of that award transformed greenhouse gas into a sneaker called NRG. The company has since brought on board design engineer and inventor Marcel Botha, and shoe designer D'Wayne Edwards (one of the designers behind the Air Jordan and founder of the Pensole Footwear Academy) to develop the pr...