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Nike’s auto-laced future

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Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by tossaccount123 »

scottlocklin wrote: post #53

When I was a kid I expected us to have controlled fusion power plants, hovercraft and Gerald O'Neal space colonies by now. Instead we have soylent, a nightmare corporate-government surveillance dystopia and ... plastic moccasins, and I'm supposed to be impressed.

60 million in funding for nuclear fusion vs 2 trillion in spending on welfare and entitlements annually

Bread and circus rather than progress is the establishments top priority

The tragedy is that nearly all of the problems we currently face would already be solved if we just invested in our future. NASA used to get 4.5% of our federal budget invested in it, now it's .3%. We used to invest $3 into research or infrastructure for every $1 in entitlements, now we spend $5 in entitlements for every 1$ invested in our future.

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by choward »

hooloovoo_zoo wrote: post #6

Would a player trip if their shoe was hacked to suddenly release tension?

That's impossible according to this naive part of the article.

> When you pair, you’re linking your shoes directly to your Nike+ account, so there is no chance of anyone either connecting to or controlling your shoes

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by jessriedel »

mpolichette wrote: post #13

Put it in ski boots... done and done, I’d buy it right away

Ski boots are purposefully stiffer, which is presumably the reason they don't use laces like snowboard boots. Ski boots are less comfortable, but I thought one advantage is that they can already be set to a desired tightness very easily? What are you looking for?

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by jschwartzi »

dogma1138 wrote: post #46
arethuza wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mountain walking/climbing boots as well - adjusting laces in bad weather if you have gaiters, over-trousers and crampons on can be a nightmare. Mind you they'd have to have a reliable fall-back so they still work and are adjustable if (when) the power fails. Edit: I was actually thinking last weekend when I think I over tightened my laces on my boots and my feet got quite sore that strain gauges in boots/laces might…

Replace the laces with 2-4mm bungee cord and you are set for life. That was a pretty common trick for combat boots before the laced + side zipper boots became more popular.

What's the steepest decline you've walked with that setup? Did your toes touch the end of your boot?

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by Invictus0 »

Autolacing is a fundamentally bad idea. It means that each step will be weighed down by a motor, battery, and radio that are used only for a second when you put on the shoe. It's like everyone forgot that Nike has been marketing lighter shoes since their inception.

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by jessriedel »

Many modern snowboard boots have a pretty impressive ratchet system with steel laces that allows me to get a very tight fit easily (no yanking on laces required), with instant push-button release.

https://www.burton.com/us/en/p/mens-burton-photon-boa-snowbo...

It's unclear to me whether basketball shoes lack this system for good ergonomic/structural reasons or because of marketing/style/tradition.

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by rdiddly »

tossaccount123 wrote: post #61
scottlocklin wrote: post #53

When I was a kid I expected us to have controlled fusion power plants, hovercraft and Gerald O'Neal space colonies by now. Instead we have soylent, a nightmare corporate-government surveillance dystopia and ... plastic moccasins, and I'm supposed to be impressed.

60 million in funding for nuclear fusion vs 2 trillion in spending on welfare and entitlements annually Bread and circus rather than progress is the establishments top priority The tragedy is that nearly all of the problems we currently face would already be solved if we just invested in our future. NASA used to get 4.5% of our federal budget invested in it, now it's .3%. We used to invest $3 into research or infrast…

Social Security and Medicare solve problems too though. Even the Pentagon (say half a trillion) solves a problem. None of them do it very efficiently, is the thing.

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by Retra »

aboutruby wrote: post #57
scottlocklin wrote: post #53

When I was a kid I expected us to have controlled fusion power plants, hovercraft and Gerald O'Neal space colonies by now. Instead we have soylent, a nightmare corporate-government surveillance dystopia and ... plastic moccasins, and I'm supposed to be impressed.

Did you expect to have most of the information in the world available on demand? Anywhere? And be able to communicate with anybody anywhere? I guess it's hard predicting the future http://www.paulgraham.com/ecw.html

Most of the information is not available on demand, but only if you have the requisite credentials.

Re: Nike’s auto-laced future

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Post by yters »

jessriedel wrote: post #67

Many modern snowboard boots have a pretty impressive ratchet system with steel laces that allows me to get a very tight fit easily (no yanking on laces required), with instant push-button release. https://www.burton.com/us/en/p/mens-burton-photon-boa-snowbo... It's unclear to me whether basketball shoes lack this system for good ergonomic/structural reasons or because of marketing/style/tradition.

We are unable to mechanically amplify force without the internet of things. Sorry Archimedes.
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