Back to The Future fans rejoice, Nike unveils self-tying shoes!

Fans of the movie ‘Back to the Future’ have reasons to be truly happy. Nike has just announced that one of the movie’s most iconic symbols — a self-tying show — is now a reality.

The HyperAdapt 1.0 is a self-lacing system that is triggered when you place your foot inside the shoe. When your heel hits a sensor, the laces automatically tighten. Two buttons on the side adjust the fit, making it tighter or looser.

Nike introduced the technology yesterday by saying it has manifested the ‘unimaginable.’

A preview of the technology was seen way back in 1989, when Marty McFly donned a pair of Air Mags with power laces.

Nike designer Tinker Hatfield sees HyperAdapt as the perfect solution to adjusting the fit of shoes during athletic competitions where laces can loosen or shoes may feel too tight as feet swell.

Actor Michael J Fox, who played McFly, got a first chance to try out some real self-lacing shoes when Nike sent him a pair last year. That was in the midst of fan festivities around Back to the Future Day on October 21, 2015 (the day McFly arrived in the future during the 1989 film ‘Back to the Future: Part II’).

The Fox sneakers fulfilled a promise by Hatfield, who said power laces would become a reality in 2015.

Nike will make the kicks available to members of its Nike+ profile and training-tracking service starting in late 2016.

Courtesy: techcrunch.com