Future Shoes will not let you run 88 MPH

Otherwise, though: WANT

September 8, 2011 at 7:00PM

Are these the self-lacing Shoes of the Future we were promised so very long ago? The music gives it away, even if the Nike video says absolutely nothing. Some sources report that the shoes are, in fact, self-lacing. I'll believe it when I see it. Meanwhile, why don't you make like a tree, and watch this:

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