"designed to help everyday athletes* go a little bit faster and farther"
When is the last time an athlete said I'm looking to go a little faster and farther with the aid of a powered device? Their target market is all wrong. This would be great if aimed towards low mobility users.
Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking
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#22I don’t get the point. Maybe there’s a therapy angle? But otherwise if someone wanted to go faster they could go to a bike, e-bike, or car.
What about a hike just on the edge of your ability?
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#23I don’t get the point. Maybe there’s a therapy angle? But otherwise if someone wanted to go faster they could go to a bike, e-bike, or car.
It sounds fun tbh (not to mention all the potential medical uses)
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#24I'm sure it's science fiction right now but a pair of shoes that could teach you to do a kick flip would be pretty amazing.
Pair with some power gloves to catch your fall and maybe I can learn to skateboard as my mid life crisis activity down the road.
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#25These are already common in China, and Nike will rip you off with the price for "western engineering".
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#26For those of you who don’t “see the point” of a device like this, what you are failing to see is your own personal use case. The use cases I can see for others are “anyone who might find this useful or fun”. To me, that means 1) people with medically compromised joints who would like to engage in experiences that their bodies don’t currently allow. 2) people who want to challenge themselves by making these joint addi…
It sounds great, but I’m skeptical that it will actually help without messing up the natural motion.
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#27For those of you who don’t “see the point” of a device like this, what you are failing to see is your own personal use case. The use cases I can see for others are “anyone who might find this useful or fun”. To me, that means 1) people with medically compromised joints who would like to engage in experiences that their bodies don’t currently allow. 2) people who want to challenge themselves by making these joint addi…
> 1) people with medically compromised joints who would like to engage in experiences that their bodies don’t currently allow.
And medically compromised muscles, nervous systems, etc. I know someone in that situation who loves scooters. They say it's like flying - they finally can move at will, instead of the lifelong difficulty and pain of walking.
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#28Are there any actual videos of this, you know, in use? All I see is a bunch of 3d renders of it. There isn't even a picture of a Nike executive holding a prototype.
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#29These are already common in China, and Nike will rip you off with the price for "western engineering".
Can you link some? I can only find the hip exoskeletons.
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#30These are already common in China, and Nike will rip you off with the price for "western engineering".
> Nike’s Project Amplify is the world’s first powered footwear system for running and walking,
So this is straight up false?