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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 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.
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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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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.
Dear God, you'll be almost suicidal when you find out they don't know how milk cows or make butter or even such trivial things as weaving wool.
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...