We are speedily advancing to a time when man will absolutely do nothing, as massive technological inventions are being created almost daily.
Never did i think self-lacing shoes were possible, but NIKE has shown that technology can be invented or adapted for anything and everything thoughtful.
The company is said to be out with its first commercially available self-lacing sneaker - Nike Mag, Marty McFly's Back to the Future sneaker (HyperAdapt 1.0), an innovation into your wardrobe.
The new HyperAdapt 1.0 shoes will feature adaptive lacing, which could offer a more comfortable experience for runners. For instance, runners who accidentally tie their shoes too tightly will no longer have to stop to relieve the pressure. And those who fail to tie their shoes tightly enough and find their feet slipping around inside their running shoes will be able to remedy the problems without slowing their pace.
Nike says the shoes operate on a battery that will last for two weeks on a single charge.
Hmmm... innovation at its peak into your wardrobe! #Self-lacing sneaker.
Tiffany Beers, a Senior Innovator at Nike, Inc., and the project's technical lead stated that, "When you step in, your heel will hit a sensor and the system will automatically tighten. Then there are two buttons on the side to tighten and loosen. You can adjust it until it's perfect."
John Hoke, Nike’s vice president of design, explains that the shoe doesn’t use a traditional lacing system, but uses a battery-powered series of pulleys that cinch the throat of the shoe. When the wearer steps inside the shoe, sensors at the bottom register his or her weight and the position of the foot inside. “It reads if you’re heavy on your heel or heavy on your forefoot,” Hoke says.
Once the shoe is worn, the sensors reads your foot positioning, and then a series of tiny pulleys will contract the throat of the shoe tightly around the foot by winding thread around a spool. “Imagine a fishing rod,” Hoke says. The wearer can adjust the tightness by pushing on a plus or minus sign on the left side of the shoe. Hold it down for two seconds, and the shoe will loosen fully, allowing increased blood flow and removal.
"It is amazing to consider a shoe that senses what the body needs in real time", Nike designer Tinker Hatfield, said in a statement.
The Nike HyperAdapt 1.0 is the first step into the future of adaptive performance, which will be improved upon with time. It’s currently manual (i.e., athlete controlled) but it makes feasible the once-fantastic concept of an automated, nearly symbiotic relationship between the foot and shoe.
Tinker Hatfield, Nike's designer said, "Wouldn't it be great if a shoe, in the future, could sense when you needed to have it tighter or looser and could it take you even tighter than you'd normally go if it senses you really need extra snugness in a quick maneuver? That's where we're headed. In the future, the product will come alive."
The first generation of the HyperAdapt 1.0 will be available in the U.S. at select Nike retail locations. Appointments to experience and purchase the product begin November 28.
No word on the pricing yet, but it no doubt will be an expensive pair given the tech and innovation crammed into it.
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