Michael J. Fox was the very first to wear the original version of the Nike Mag self-lacing shoes in "Back to the Future Part II" and now the company has made a real working model.
Technology helps society move forward in a lot of ways but most of them are just allowing people to become lazy at tasks. Now, the Nike Mag self-lacing shoes can help lucky people to be lazy at tying their shoe laces.
The concept of the self-tying shoes has been shown in the "Back to the Future Part II" movie where Marty McFly stepped off a vehicle and into the shoes that tied itself. While the Nike Mag is an exact replica of the movie's fictional-then shoe in terms of the physical features, the process of the self-lacing is not exactly the same.
Marty's self-lacing shoes were made possible through practical effects and an external battery, Complex has learned. It showed an almost instant lacing fit in less than four seconds without the need for an extra strap unlike in the new Nike Mag model.
Nike filed a patent for auto-lacing in 2008 and people immediately expected the "Back to the Future" shoes to come true. The Mags were first released in 2011 but there was no auto-lacing tech yet as it was only sold for the Michael J. Fox foundation.
Now, the fictional pair of shoes have come true. The Nike Mags are only being rolled out with 89 pairs which will also help the Michael J. Fox Foundation in researching Parkinson's disease, TechCrunch reported.
Unfortunately, there is no direct way of getting a pair of the self-lacing Nike Mags. People can enter the raffle for the 89 pairs through $10 which will go to the foundation's research efforts.
The self-lacing technology is the same one that is found in the Nike HyperAdapt shoes which will be sold for those who are too lazy to tie their shoe laces. Fans of Marty McFly's footwear will have to take a chance on the Nike Mags raffle if they want to grab a pair as Nike seems to be set on just giving them away for charity.