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New York (AFP) - US sporting goods giant Nike unveiled Wednesday its first shoe that ties itself, the HyperAdapt 1.0, which will go on sale at the end of 2016.

Sensors at the heel level activate the lacing when a foot slips into the shoe. Two buttons on the side of the shoe can be pressed to loosen or tighten the lacing.

Nike calls the feature "adaptive lacing." Nike's star designer Tinker Hatfield said at the New York presentation that the company is working on other innovations that will provide automatic adjustments.

Nike launched in 2015 a limited-edition shoe with so-called "power laces" that adapt to the wearer's motion, the Nike Mag, inspired by the film "Back to the Future, Part II".

It will only be available via auction this year, with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, a nonprofit launched by the actor who played Marty McFly in the movie.

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I seriously was shocked on how technology is growing now a days. PSN VR, Samsung 7, Nike Shoes, Microsoft enabling cross-play, etc.. I would like to see what are your opinions guys?

They look ugly af

damn, they took like 2 years to make this?

For real. They should have done something like this to Air Force 1s at the bare minimum. Nike is still going to make a ton of money off of this because everyone and their brother is going to want to brag about their self tying shoes or the fact that they do not have to tie their shoes. Back in my day we use to bar lace our shoes... and that was before everyone and their brother was doing it in the early 2000s.

I like the design, but self-tying? Seems abit lazy

rath u aint old enough to be bar lacing in the early 2000s.

Mfw we were doing that shit in 2003. I'm pretty sure I'm old enough to have been around doing that shit in school especially when Etnies were actually decent looking shoes.

i had a bunch of those lol u never see em were comfy as fuck and wernt bad for actually skating or riding bikes

Hell yeah brah. They were the best pair of shoes I've ever owned. I wish they would go back to their older designs and logos. I had a few pairs and the coolest ones I had were like black and off-green with a thin pinstripe of yellow. Those things served me years and could handle grip tape like no other. :wato:

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These shoes are like, ugly ugly. Like 2/10 on the scale level ugly. Kanye wouldn't even sell these.