Meet the HyperAdapt, Nike's Awesome New Power-Lacing Sneaker | WIRED

[demmiblue]

[Warpy]

1. I'm wearing Sketchers with memory foam

and elastic laces that don't need to be tied. They are, hands down, the most comfortable shoes I've ever owned and I'm an arthritic with twisted feet and very hard to fit. They feel like old, worn in bedroom slippers but with support.

I think I'll skip these, thanks. It doesn't rain much around here but I don't want to risk getting zapped when it does.

[byronius]

2. I'll buy one when they apologize for using slave labor for so many years.

The money they paid Michael Jordan could have paid union wages inside the United States, it turns out.

I bought nothing but Nike until that pregnant woman was forced to run to death around their factory, and their apology was 'hey, capitalism'.

I will never buy a Nike product again. Fuckers.

[snort]

3. Everytime I bicycle past the Nike campus

I wonder to myself what it is that they might be doing in there. Now I know. It's stupid shit.

[ErikJ]

6. Theyre probably just a run of collector's shoes.

I think Nike does that a lot.

[SticksnStones]

4. Does the world really need another thing that needs to be charged?

[ErikJ]

5. I'll wait until they have self-running shoes.

I want to be able to read while running.

[ihaveaquestion]

7. Overkill much?

I was hoping this was an April Fool's joke or something - but it doesn't seem to be.

[yuiyoshida]

8. I can't even imagine what these will cost ...

what? 500 dollar shoes?... I remember when some people were afraid to wear such shoes, because they were assaulted and had their shoes stolen! You can bet this will be the next thing to take a beating for!