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 Posted: Mon 17:36, 19 Aug 2013 Post subject: Power Laces 'Back to the Future' Shoes on 'GMA' |
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Power Laces 'Back to the Future' Shoes on 'GMA',[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Don't worry,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you're not time traveling . yet. That self-tightening shoe you saw on "Good Morning America" was only inspired by the time-traveling '80s classic "Back to the Future 2."
Developed by amateur tinkerer Blake Bevin,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Power Laces Shoe (version 2.5),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], took a page from the Michael J. Fox movie and was created in less than five months. Bevin,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a 27-year-old hotel manager by day,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], had no formal electronics training.
Bevin told "Good Morning America" today that she developed the shoes with her grandmother in mind. Currently,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 128 people have contributed to the Power Laces.
Nike's 'Automatic Lacing System' Patent
Bevin's invention has raised eyebrows for some in the tech community as it seems to rival a patent filed by Nike in April 2009 for what it called an "Automatic Lacing System,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]."
That system similarly features a button on the side of the shoe and an internal motor system to tighten the laces,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
The design picture accompanying the Nike patent also reveals the shoe's undeniably '80s style,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. (Fun Fact: The shoes Michael J,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Fox's Marty McFly rocks in "Back to the Future 2",[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]? Nike Air 2015 Power Laces,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].)
But Bevin,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who holds no patents yet and said she only plans to file for one once she gets enough funding to develop the hands-free version of her shoe,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], does not believe the two designs overlap.
"There are some similarities [in the current version],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], because I'm pretty limited in what I can do with the basic equipment I have. But the final version will be a completely different mechanism,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Bevin said. "I really don't think there's going to be any patent dispute or anything like that."
Though she's never done a major project like this before,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Bevin said she is known around her hotel for what she called McGyverisms -- getting broken things to work using whatever means necessary.
That style of invention by necessity has clearly followed into her shoe's development -- there's a little bit of duct tape holding things together in the 2,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].5 version,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
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