Nike FlyEase 'hands-free' shoe is the most genius thing you’ll see all year

Nike FlyEase 'hands-gratuitous' shoe is the most genius thing you lot'll see all year

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Nike's latest sports shoe may look a bit unorthodox, merely the hands-complimentary design could be a game changer both those in a hurry to go out the door, and to athletes with disabilities for whom a conventional organisation of laces, zips or fastenings prove problematic.

The Nike Get FlyEase will be available beginning in "limited quantities" for Nike members via invite from February 15, and then to everyone else later on in the year. Whenever you can purchase a pair, information technology'll prepare y'all back $120.

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"If you design for the most extreme needs, then you're unlocking benefits for everybody," explained paralympic athlete Sarah Reinertsen, who was involved in the design of the FlyEase. "If a shoe works for someone who has no hands, and so it volition work for people who have two hands."

The method for removing the shoe may look somewhat familiar to those of united states who don't treat our regular running shoes with the utmost respect — pushing down the heel of one shoe with the toes of the other foot. With everyday shoes, this would exist bad for the materials, both stretching out the sole and breaking down the back over time.

The FlyEase, however, has been specifically designed for this treatment, thank you to its flexible sole that bends upwards in the middle when not in apply, but instantly snaps back when a foot is inserted thank you to the tension ring around the outside. You can run across an early prototype with a torn shoe and a surgical tube in the video below.

We'd look demand to be high for the invite-only first batch, in part because the price of $120 is competitive with mid-range running shoes. If the Nike Get FlyEase offers an equally pleasurable experience in one case they're on, then the company could have a hard time keeping these shoes in stock once the invite-but catamenia is over.

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