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Nike's GO FlyEase is a hands-free shoe (video)


The world's most famous sportswear brandNike footwear continues to improve the design of its products focusing on the needs of athletes, people with disabilities and ordinary consumers. Developing the Nike FlyEase shoe line, with original fixation systems, Nike designers decided to completely free the user's hands when putting on shoes and completely abandon the "old-fashioned" laces.

The new model of sports shoes was namedGO FlyEase and allows you to put on sneakers without using your hands, only with the movements of your feet. The Nike GO FlyEase, the latest in the FlyEase line, is made up of two sections connected by a bistable hinge and an additional tensioner strip.


The use of a bistable hinge ensuresfixing shoes in two positions: in working, standard for sneakers and in an open form, which allows you to quickly put on and take off sneakers without using your hands. The fixation in both positions is maintained by means of a tensioning band extending from the outside. The new technology, according to Nike, allows you to simply "put your foot in and jump into the shoe."

In the first phase, the Nike GO FlyEase will bewill be distributed among the company's select consumers, and the sneakers will be available for sale by the end of this year. The company hasn't revealed the price of the sneaker, but insiders are already reporting a price tag of $ 120.