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Nike to Unveil Self Lacing Shoes?
xTK-421x writes "Looks like Nike is announcing tonight (8:30PM PST) that they've finally been able to create the self lacing shoes from Back to the Future 2. TechCrunch reported on receiving an invitation to a Nike event taking place in Los Angeles today, where Nike would announce the release of the Air Mags, the self-lacing shoes that first made their appearance in Back to the Future II."
It would be cheaper to hire sweatshop labourers to follow you around and tie your shoes as necessary.
Where's my hoverboard?
Looking forward to the Cubs winning the World Series too.
Probably the same value as pumps, air, shox, lights, neon, pockets, gels, etc. About $50 on the pricetag. Value!
I think the idea would be that it conforms better by tying it perfectly each time. To tie shoes really well you basically have to restring them each time or at least re-tighten all the loops leading to the action tie-off point.
... then we can probably expect the hoverboard will be made by Sony. Which will then need a memorystick in order to use - but only after you register it through your PS4. Anyone caught using a non-hovering board on any surface afterwards will be subsequently sued for patent infringement.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
I dont care about the self-tying shoes. I wouldnt even be all that disappointed if they didnt make a hoverboard. But I pray that no one is trying to make the hideous jacket with the 4-ft long accordion sleeve. If anyone tries, they should be shot on sight.
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Acknowledging that there's still a few years to check some of these off...
Self-lacing sneakers? YES
Mr. Fusion? SADLY, NO
Hoverboards? NO
1980s nostalgia? SOME (and I'm sure someone has opened a Cafe '80s somewhere)
Flying cars? NO (nothing practical, anyways)
Video calls? YES (though not quite as depicted, and what was with all those fax machines?)
Video games without controllers? YES
Flat panel screens? YES
Chicago Cubs, World Series Champs? OH HELL NO
"FDA staff reviewers expressed concern about the number of patients who were left out of the study because they died."
The lace is a tie.
A 'perceived value', regardless of real value to the end-user, makes a bigger margin if you hype it right. Who hypes crap better than Nike?
BTW, it is amazing how fast 'my' smelly feet problem disappeared after I stopped buying Nike/Reebok/Adidas shoes. Go figure.
Imagination drew in bold strokes, instantly serving hopes and fears, while knowledge advanced by slow increments...
I don't think it's the sweat that doing it. You (like most people) tie their shoes using a granny knot instead of a reef (or square) knot, resulting in your shoes coming untied easier. Check this for a refresher. Stuff you should know, news for runners (and other people who tie their shoes).
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My wife and I have been extraordinarily disappointed to hear other parents admitting that their children (through third grade) don't know how to tie shoes, simply because the kids have never been given anything but slip-ons and velcro-type shoes of various kinds. A few parents have admitted that they almost never wear anything but crocs and flip-flops. Yeesh.
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I vote for shoe laces cuz I gotta look good when I work out... cuz I work out to stay looking good...
Spindly bits of string make you look good?
Don't wanna know any more.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Never fear, geek children will be trained to tie JAVA and LISP knots.
There is no right to feel safe thru security vaudeville at the expense of everyone's freedom, privacy and tax money.
Those must really suck
It's not on your lawn. It's just over it.
They're there affecting their effect.
Shoes like this should not require batteries... a simple capacitor array driven by a small heel-pad dynamo should do the trick just fine. You could even add other electronics to the shoes, such as Nike's Bluetooth motion sensor and a WiFi repeater. Hey... why not add in a solid state wireless NAS as well?
I used to have to re-tie my shoes a few times a day until I found Ian's knot site. Now I tie them with the Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot and stopped having problems. I don't even need to tie them so tightly as before, and they are almost as easy to untie as before.
Liquid nitrogen temperatures? Rare earth magnets operate at room temperature just fine. The problem is that they are not statically stable. Any pitching beyond perfectly aligned will cause the device to quickly and violently flip over, requiring excessive force to subsequently remove it from the ground.
You do recall how the shoes work in the movie, don't you? They aren't actually tying any knots, just tightening what look like straps. I think microprocessor-controlled sneakers shouldn't have any problem tightening them just right every single time, unlike our sausage-fingered hands.
I wouldn't disagree with the publicity stunt portion though, such a system is likely to be too expensive for now for due to equipment and BTTF licensing costs for regular use. Still, I'd get myself some if they aren't going to be too ridiculously expensive, my current shoes are falling apart anyway.
Beat me to it. Rope skills are still useful but it seems many have no idea what one would do with rope other than tie things together. I have friends who have had the sliders break on the end of the rope on their tent and not know what to do. The funniest rope story I have was when I went to the hardware store to purchase some rope pulleys and hooks so I could construct a block and tackle to pull an engine and transmission out of a vehicle. I went and asked the high school clerk where the stuff for a block and tackle was and I got a perplexed look. I then asked where the rope and pulleys were and he showed me to the isle. I then got what I needed and was asked by the clerk what I was going to be doing with all of that and when I told him he didn't believe me that it was possible that one would be able to rig up something using a few pulleys, rope, and hooks that would allow someone to lift an engine and transmission out of a car with one arm.
Time to offend someone
They weren't trying to feed 1.21GW to the rear tires, 1.21GW was needed to power the flux capacitor.
Time to offend someone
Lister: Sometimes, I think it's cruel giving machines a personality. My mate Petersen once bought a pair of shoes with Artificial Intelligence. 'Smart Shoes' they were called. It was a neat idea. No matter how blind drunk you were, they could always get you home. But he got rattled one night in Oslo and woke up the next morning in Burma. You see, his shoes got bored going from his local to his flat. They wanted to see the world, you know. He had a hell of a job getting rid of them. No matter who he sold them to, they'd show up again the next day. He tried to shut them out, but they just kicked the door down.
Rimmer: Is this true?
Lister: Yeah. The last thing I heard, they sort of... robbed a car and drove it into a canal. They couldn't steer, you see.
Rimmer: Really?
Lister: Yeah. Petersen was really, really blown away about it. He went to see a priest. The priest told him... he said it was alright and all that, when shoes are happy that they'd get into heaven. You see, it turns out shoes have 'soles'.
Rimmer: Ah, what a sad story. Wait a minute.
[Thinks for a minute]
Rimmer: How did they open the car door?
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
No, Dummy......
Just put to magnets back to back so both sides are a N or a S pole, duh!
Morbo: That is NOT how Magnets work!!!!!!
Also imagine if it did and then glue holding the two magnets broke....... Ballistic Magnet basically EXPLODING!!!!
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
There are only 1500 pairs, and they're all going to be auctioned on ebay, for charity.
http://www.slashgear.com/nike-mag-official-details-released-in-full-08178190/
ASICS makes some good quality professional sports shoes. There are some ASICS models that tune themselves
to suit women's menstrual cycle (apparently, the foot structure changes during their monthly periods).