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Nike Debuts $350 iPhone-Controlled Self-Adjusting Basketball Shoes
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This is awesome. While I don't play basketball, would be a nice addition to my sneaker collection.
I actually like them.
A daily shoe,would have been preferred, with loosen during car driving or public transport
Companies nowadays don’t get the right use cases. Very strange people seem to work every where ....
A daily shoe,would have been preferred, with loosen during car driving or public transport
Companies nowadays don’t get the right use cases. Very strange people seem to work every where ....
Okay, here’s a prediction. At some point during a competitive event somebody wearing these shoes will suddenly trip and fall because the shoe adjusted itself loose. After an investigation it will be determined that the shoes were hacked by another competitor to gain an unfair advantage over their rival. You KNOW this will happen because... technology sucks.
Dude, people already get jacked (even killed) for their $150 “kicks”. What do you think will happen to people wearing these $350 shoes in public??
In a world with limited resources, we shouldn't be making **** like this.
I'm not anti-tech. But I think we should be thoughtful about what we buy/use.
Shoving lithium-ion batteries and motors into a pair of disposable shoes is obscene.
For professionals, it's one thing...
...but if I see 15 year olds and fat ****** who don't play any sports - let alone basketball - wearing these then I will weep for the world.
I'm not anti-tech. But I think we should be thoughtful about what we buy/use.
Shoving lithium-ion batteries and motors into a pair of disposable shoes is obscene.
For professionals, it's one thing...
...but if I see 15 year olds and fat ****** who don't play any sports - let alone basketball - wearing these then I will weep for the world.
Really? What did people say 50 years ago about automatic transmissions? A problem that does not exist?
This is just the beginning guys.
Imagine you have your hands full, can easily slip into your wide open shows which sense the pressure and close/tighten up automatically. And when you come home, they sense the charging mat or a sensor and open automatically again.
So many possibilities: Leds, warning lights in the night/traffic, analyzing your every step, vibrating with new messages, massaging, electro stimulation, heating, cooling, ...
Really? What did people say 50 years ago about automatic transmissions? A problem that does not exist?
This is just the beginning guys.
Imagine you have your hands full, can easily slip into your wide open shows which sense the pressure and close/tighten up automatically. And when you come home, they sense the charging mat or a sensor and open automatically again.
So many possibilities: Leds, warning lights in the night/traffic, analyzing your every step, vibrating with new messages, massaging, electro stimulation, heating, cooling, ...
PLEASE tell me you forgot the /s at the end
Interesting how you consider tapping a few times on a screen fumbling but not tying a shoelace.
Right... because the first thing athletes do during a timeout is grab their phone.
Do they even have their phones with them during a game?
I don't like them but you're right.
There are use cases that make sense:
Seniors or injured people that can't bend down to lace their shoes. I herniated a disk and experienced that for three weeks. I would have loved those shoes then.
Ski and snowboard boots that you relax on the lift and then tighten up while you're riding. However there are quicklace systems that work as well.
You can’t be serious. Have you ever played a sport? Any sport? Do you think players have their phones on them during a game??? Bend down, tie your shoes. Simple.
Funny you say that...every time i watch a game an NBA star is losing his shoe. It happened last night with Anthony Davis..too crazy! http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=25764709
Of course! If you're, say at your new girlfriend's house meeting her mother for the first time, you'd like something to control the appearance of possible arousal.
And maybe at other times in a club picking up women, you'd want to enhance an appearance of girth, and tighten those glutes.