Nike Patents Shoes That Tie Themselves

[JMcEntegart]

"There's something very familiar about all this..."

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[Xatos]

Time to make like a tree, and get me a pair.

 

[calmstateofmind]

Can they untie themselves too?

 

[Guest]

will they also explode like ipods and garmin GPS's?

 

[Guest]

Where is Micro$oft in all this? Is Bill Gates still crashing Windows Vi$ta?

 

[cj_online]

Any risk of electrocution when wet?

 

[Icehearted]

Awesome! Now where's my hoverboard

 

[HalJordan]

I say we take all of these designers, engineers, and scientists involved in developing little trivialities like this, and lock them up in a lab until they make good on the flying cars we were promised.

 

[Kami3k]

[citation][nom]HalJordan[/nom]I say we take all of these designers, engineers, and scientists involved in developing little trivialities like this, and lock them up in a lab until they make good on the flying cars we were promised.[/citation]

Yep, because taking people out of their expertise would so help...

 

[yo_yo2400]

How does it work though?

 

[Greg_77]

If tying shoes is too difficult for you, just get velcro.
Seriously, electric shoes? Sigh...

 

[killerclick]

Wow, those starving children in Malaysia sure have their work cut out for them.

 

[HalJordan]

[citation][nom]Kami3k[/nom]Yep, because taking people out of their expertise would so help...[/citation]

They Nike "scientists" will bring coffee to the real scientists; my God, do I have to think of everything!

 

[americanbrian]

ummmm? I thought that to patent something it had to be novel (i.e. new) the fact that they featured in the public domain through the film "Back to the Future II" means that prior art already exists. I would be very surprised to see this patent granted.

And even if it is, it is worthless in many nations like anywhere in Europe for example.

 

[RabidFace]

[citation][nom]americanbrian[/nom]ummmm? I thought that to patent something it had to be novel (i.e. new) the fact that they featured in the public domain through the film "Back to the Future II" means that prior art already exists. I would be very surprised to see this patent granted. And even if it is, it is worthless in many nations like anywhere in Europe for example.[/citation]

The fact is, it was a movie Just like every movie pre-70s that featured things that we use today, that we don't even think of. ( well I do :] )

Yes, they were Nike's, but the fact was, again, it was a movie. They used "movie magic" to make those shoes tie themselves. Just like the "communicator" is Star Trek. You think the creators of Star Trek went after the company to make the first cell phone? Yes, a little different, but it was actually a cell phone. But the the patent is for shoes that are pretty much EXACTLY what we saw in "Back to the Future: Part 2".

Hell, a lot of the things we take for granted today were in every episode of the Jetsons Do you see Hanna-Barbera taking action on every modern thing that was in the show, that we use today without even thinking about it?

 

[DjEaZy]

... what!? first time i had seen this feature, it waz in 'back to the future'....

 

[phych]

They should call these McFlys

 

[makaveli316]

poor children in Asia...

 

[tsnorquist]

I wonder if the spam bot will carry these? Tom's, we need a spam nuke option.

 

[Skid]

Damn, how lazy would you need to be to get shoes that tie themselves, is velcro really that complected?