Self locking sneakers from Powerlace

Predicting the future - the lot of science fiction writers, we remember it from the school. But today, the role of oracles with success, and serious and commercial, have undertaken outstanding producers and screenwriters.

So next year promises to be prolific on the implementation of ideas that, with the light hand of Robert Zemeckis, director and inspirer of the immortal saga of "Back to the Future", became, without exaggeration, a cult.





Already Tony Hawk (Tony Hawk) off the ground in the first prototype of the world flying the board - from haverborda HUVr (albeit in a pink version, but, thank God, not from Mattel), and Nike has presented samozashnurovyvayuschiesya hi-tops, like Marty McFly. In general, we only have to wait for the flying DeLorean - and here it is, the future, two meters away from you.


But, in the meantime, and majors decide how to market loud, harsh guys from Quebec, Canada presented its version of puncture-proof shoe Powerlace. At the moment the project is in the process of collecting money for the Kickstarter.



The project is ambitious and largely divorced from real consumers. For example, have you ever thought that lace up sneaker is the problem? And generally thought of such shoes?

But now look at this guy ... interviews and struck his confidence after all the guys have put a serious bar (650,000 CAD ~ $ 573,000). I must say, it's captivating.

Holding a real model of their sneakers and just said, well, yes, we worked long and today believe that the world is ready for this product. And without any blah blah blah, as he struggled in childhood with laces and how they changed his life. And as he is on the grave of Einstein swore revenge them and create a completely new system of fixing the shoe on the foot.



Especially because sneakers really worth. Firstly, the design. Modern monocoque construction of the upper shell on external execution teetering somewhere between comfortable sneakers and athletic shoes best representatives. That is, for each day and will fit and jogging looks natural.

Secondly, material. Although the exact components of the guys and the composition is not called again, appearance guessed synthetic leather. Well, as stated as all-weather running shoes, it can be assumed and the presence of the membrane, and provides good water resistance, breathability and effective.

And most importantly - the mechanism. No batteries, no electronics and motor, no springs and gears. And what's inside - of course, a mystery. But how it works, in general, of course.

You insert your foot in the shoe, the heel pressing on a pressure sensor, a force-transmitting directly to this hidden mechanism. The force multiplier in a certain way, and there is a tension wire. And here is obviously a very good combination of engineering - the use of so necessary in sneakers rigid lateral support as support for the tensioner ropes.





Special spool is constructed in a certain way, distributes pressure over the surface of the foot lifting, fixing shoes on foot:



The reverse process of weakening lacing takes even less time - just pull the little lever on the back of the heel, the sole continuing:



As for the resource mechanism. Here is debatable and depends on the operating conditions, but the developers say 200,000 cycles, that is fifty years of active socks should be sufficient.

Well, check it is or not, and can personally: as we said in the beginning, a startup still in the process of funding and pre-order through the Kickstarter.

Of course, there is a high probability that the project is not the right time to collect the required amount, but still want to wish good luck to the guys, it is for these strange and unusual projects I love Kickstarter. Where else can you find something like that?

Delivery of Canadian and American creators of projects you can carry through LaytMF - sure that with us you will get a much more profitable to send the goods, unless the developers do not offer free shipping worldwide. We deliver a parcel weighing 1 kg via courier and only $ 20 to Moscow. So you can safely invest in new projects, most importantly, to campaign successfully completed !

Source: geektimes.ru/company/litemf/blog/241800/