Nike to Unveil Self Lacing Shoes?

xTK-421x writes "Looks like Nike is announcing tonight (8:30PM PST) that they've finally been able to create the self lacing shoes from Back to the Future 2. TechCrunch reported on receiving an invitation to a Nike event taking place in Los Angeles today, where Nike would announce the release of the Air Mags, the self-lacing shoes that first made their appearance in Back to the Future II."

Hill Valley 2015 Scorecard

[reverseengineer]

Acknowledging that there's still a few years to check some of these off...
Self-lacing sneakers? YES
Mr. Fusion? SADLY, NO
Hoverboards? NO
1980s nostalgia? SOME (and I'm sure someone has opened a Cafe '80s somewhere)
Flying cars? NO (nothing practical, anyways)
Video calls? YES (though not quite as depicted, and what was with all those fax machines?)
Video games without controllers? YES
Flat panel screens? YES
Chicago Cubs, World Series Champs? OH HELL NO

Re:Forget the shoes

[TeknoHog]

I did my master's thesis [iki.fi] on the theoretical basis of hoverboards. The conclusion is that they are not feasible in practice, unless you have insane amouts of electric power to carry around, and don't mind hovering over a ball lightning.

Re:so this is the last generation ...

[Bob the Super Hamste]

Beat me to it. Rope skills are still useful but it seems many have no idea what one would do with rope other than tie things together. I have friends who have had the sliders break on the end of the rope on their tent and not know what to do. The funniest rope story I have was when I went to the hardware store to purchase some rope pulleys and hooks so I could construct a block and tackle to pull an engine and transmission out of a vehicle. I went and asked the high school clerk where the stuff for a block and tackle was and I got a perplexed look. I then asked where the rope and pulleys were and he showed me to the isle. I then got what I needed and was asked by the clerk what I was going to be doing with all of that and when I told him he didn't believe me that it was possible that one would be able to rig up something using a few pulleys, rope, and hooks that would allow someone to lift an engine and transmission out of a car with one arm.