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Nike Debuts Power Lacing Shoes And Hi-Tech Olympic Uniforms For Rio 2016

Over the last few days Nike unveiled a few brand new sportswear technologies, the HyperAdapt 1.0 shoes, and their plethora of new Olympic team uniforms. Their new power lacing shoes are a decade in the making, while the updates to their uniform technology is set to quickly improve on the past.

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Nike has been securing patents over the last ten years which has led to the release of the HyperAdapt 1.0, the first ever mass produced, power-lacing shoe. Nike’s self lacing and self fitting shoes have a sensor in the heel so as a user steps into the shoes they tighten and adjust automatically.