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Nike to sell Marty McFly's self-tying Power Laces in 2015
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Designer Tinker Hatfield announced the plans at an event in New Orleans. Aside from the time travelling Delorean and coveted hoverboard, the Back To The Future franchise featured another simpler, yet equally futuristic design - self-tying laces.
During Back To The Future II, Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, puts on a pair of Nike High Tops that automatically tighten and adjust to fit his feet - using so-called power laces.
Nike released a limited range of McFly's Nike MAGs with manual laces in 2011, and now designer Tinker Hatfield has revealed the power laces will arrive in 2015. .
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Hatfield made these comments because 2015 was the year Back To the Future II was set in.
Speaking at the Jordan Brand Flight Lab in New Orleans Hatfield told Sole Collector: 'Are we gonna see power laces in 2015? To that, I say yes!'
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Using an Arduino microcontroller, designer Blake Bevin has already created a prototype version of a self-tying shoe, pictured. When a person steps into the shoe, a force sensor reads the pressure of their foot and activates two servo motors, which apply tension to the laces, tightening the laces
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WHAT ABOUT THE HOVERBOARD?
One of the most coveted pieces of futuristic tech seen in the Back To The Future franchise was the hoverboard - a skateboard-style device that can levitate.
Inspired by this board, a team of Australian inventors designed the Baja board - a four-wheel drive motorised skateboard capable of reaching 31mph (50kmh).
Elsewhere, California-based Future Motion created a self balancing, one wheeled skateboard.
Called the Onewheel, the $1300 gadget can reach speeds on 12mph, and turn 360 degrees within the length of the board.
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