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Title: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: Admin on September 10, 2010, 06:03:41 PM: In 2015, we don't need to tie our shoes:

Back to the Future 2 - Nike Air 2015 Kicks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Wa5L-fkkM#ws)

And the reality is here a bit early:

Power Laces 2 PROTOTYPE DEMO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Efr2TaEPo#ws)

An older prototype to see how it worked:

Power Laces (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROEZs0HpFQc#ws)
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: SmAsH on September 10, 2010, 07:59:51 PM: Damn, pretty sure i saw this on instructables and or hackaday a while ago, good to see its gotten better without the bulky servo at the back!
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: yash25 on September 11, 2010, 11:22:22 AM: Yeah, it's been put up on the Sparkfun blog too. Nice technology, albeit tying shoelaces yourself would prove to be much cheaper. The technology is great though and the concept is nice. A good company could handle this project very well indeed.
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: madsci1016 on September 11, 2010, 01:44:21 PM: lol, is no cool tech video complete without a hot chick at the end?

I guess i need to start putting my girlfriend in my videos. ;D
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: Asellith on September 13, 2010, 10:30:02 AM: I think that Hot chick is the one who invented them.
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: madsci1016 on September 13, 2010, 10:42:19 AM: Quote from: Asellith on September 13, 2010, 10:30:02 AM
I think that Hot chick is the one who invented them.

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Project by Blake Bevin

You're right, and that's a funny name for a chick.

This one's an exception. I have just seen an awful lot of geeky DIY tech videos with random models in them. Recent example; I remember a bunch of RC airplane / copter videos with random hot girsl holding them.
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: Admin on September 13, 2010, 12:20:45 PM: Maybe I've been living in Thailand for too long but . . . are you sure she is actually a she? :-X
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: madsci1016 on September 13, 2010, 12:31:59 PM: Quote from: Admin on September 13, 2010, 12:20:45 PM
Maybe I've been living in Thailand for too long but . . . are you sure she is actually a she? :-X

Are you sure she is actually organic (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29720798/)?

Also, I invoke Rule 30 (http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/i/25080/original/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet.jpg?1257288582).
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: Alfa_Zulu on September 15, 2010, 12:22:29 AM: lol, didn't you see the chest area? those are quite suspicious lumps for a guy ;D
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: Admin on September 15, 2010, 07:03:37 AM: Quote from: Alfa_Zulu on September 15, 2010, 12:22:29 AM
lol, didn't you see the chest area? those are quite suspicious lumps for a guy ;D
Go to google image search, TURN ON SAFE SEARCH, then type in 'ladyboy'. Those are all guys you see - no joke. :-X

I rest my case. :P

ps - sorry, my fault for not staying on topic!
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: SmAsH on September 15, 2010, 02:23:14 PM: Quote from: Admin on September 15, 2010, 07:03:37 AM
Quote from: Alfa_Zulu on September 15, 2010, 12:22:29 AM
lol, didn't you see the chest area? those are quite suspicious lumps for a guy ;D
Go to google image search, TURN ON SAFE SEARCH, then type in 'ladyboy'. Those are all guys you see - no joke. :-X

I rest my case. :P

ps - sorry, my fault for not staying on topic!
I now know why you say that...

Now for some on topic stuff, if it was in the soles, couldn't it be broken easily?
Title: Re: power laces, all right! (Back to the Future shoes)
Post by: galannthegreat on September 16, 2010, 01:00:00 AM: It may be on the sides of the soles so the full force of a person doesn't hit it directly.

P.S. Those shoes are just plain badass.