Nike unveils Adapt BB self-lacing shoes you can adjust with your phone

Nike unveils Adjust BB self-lacing shoes you tin can adapt with your phone

Y'all can adjust the fit of the shoes on the fly with the app, so they're always comfy

Nike Adapt BB and companion app

Following a clever tease earlier in the week, Nike has unveiled its latest self-lacing shoe, the Suit BB.

The Adapt BB sets itself apart from its predecessor, the HyperAdapt ane.0, by making wireless the core of the shoes. Users tin can accuse the 505mAh battery using its shoe-sized Qi charging mat, and they tin can lace upwards with Nike'south connected smartphone app.

Co-ordinate to Nike, when y'all step into the Adapt BB, a custom motor and gear train sense the tension needed by your foot and adjusts accordingly to keep it snug. The company says that the underfoot lacing has a tensile strength able to pull 32 pounds of force, which is roughly the same as a standard parachute cord.

All the same, the mechanics demand the brain — what Nike calls its 'FitAdapt' technology — to work effectively. Users tin input different fit settings by touching the shoe or through the Nike Adapt app on their smartphone.

For example, you could loosen the Adapt BBs during a timeout and tighten them upwardly again when you head dorsum into the game.

Nike also says users tin opt into firmware updates for the FitAdapt engineering that volition enhance the precision of the fit and provide new digital services over fourth dimension.

Nike Adapt BB on Qi charging mat

At this point, if you're asking yourself why nosotros need smart, e'er continued shoes, you lot're not alone.

Nike, however, feels these features — what some may consider excessive — are part of the development of shoes. The company believes the tech solves the issue of the 'perfect fit.'

According to Nike, an athlete'southward foot tin expand throughout a game. In basketball specifically, the human foot tin abound almost one-half a size. Because of this, shoes that fit perfectly at i point might feel constrictive minutes later. That'southward where Arrange BB comes in: the adjustable shoe makes sure yous've ever got the perfect fit and allows you to adjust on the fly.

Information technology makes for a good statement, but the existent exam for the Adjust BB shoes will be professional athletes. If the shoes make information technology with them, this could be the adjacent step in the evolution of shoes.

The Adapt BBs will ship starting February 16th. You can preorder them now from Nike's U.S. store for $350 (most $465 CAD). Currently, the shoes aren't on Nike's Canadian shop.

Source: Nike Via: MacRumors