14 DAY TRIAL // Even those who dislike science fiction films have a reason to approve of their existence, because they, along with science fiction literature, are where most of the new ideas for high-tech inventions come from.
Today, I give you the self-lacing trainers from Nike, not unlike the ones that Marty McFly got when he went to the future in “Back to the Future 2.”
The autonomous fastening system can both loosen and tighten the upper laces without needing you to bend over and tie them yourself.
Nike’s lead designer Tinker Hatfield intends for the new trainers to make it to market by 2015, and for the system to spread to other shoes after that.
Nike believes that people with motoring disabilities or who suffer from unfortunate crippling injuries will benefit the most.
It would be fitting for 2015 to be the time of arrival too, since that's the year when Marty McFly wore them in the movie.