I’ve never wanted anything more in my life than these Nike Free Inneva Wovens. Okay, that’s probably a lie. I’m pretty sure I want to wake up tomorrow morning more than own a pair of shoes. And I’m probably more thankful that I get to eat tonight. But pure stuff-wise? I’m looking at my new iPhone 5 and I don’t have that same primal, tunnel desire of “I want you now now now” than I do with these Nikes. More »
Nike has always been like Chubbs was to Happy Gilmore, helping you improve your golf game. But now it wants to do it digitally—it just earned a patent to put data-collecting sensors in clubs that would track your swing. More »
I haven’t played basketball in years. I don’t even exercise regularly. I love air conditioning. I explain all this to D-TRAINED, a Nike physical trainer, on a soul-sapping hot day. He ignores my slob story and runs me through a grueling series of drills. Afterward, with my hands melting into my knees, D-TRAINED walks over and hands me an iPhone—and it shows me what I really did. More »
A pair of sneakers has long past the stage of just being another pair of footwear that you put on in order to run without the risk of cutting your feet on the sand and gravel underneath your feet. Nike has introduced digital technology into their footwear some time ago with the Nike+ idea, and this time around, the high-tech shoemaker announced the $315 LeBron X model that will include the ‘Nike+ Basketball’ feature. Expect this expensive (albeit desirable) pair of sneakers to arrive at the consumer market later this Fall. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nike’s Spike Pad on Ossür’s Flex-Foot Cheetah legs used in the London Olympics, Nike reveals GS Football boot, lightest cleat ever,
Welcome to Engadget’s back to school guide! The end of summer vacation isn’t nearly as much fun as the weeks that come before, but a chance to update your tech tools likely helps to ease the pain. Today, we’ve got a slew of accessories — and you can head to the back to school hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month. Be sure to keep checking back — at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a ton of the gear featured in our guides — and hit up the hub page right here!
Sure, you may need ultraportables and such to get the bulk of your work done, but you also need a few add-ons to make tasks just a bit easier. In this installment of the back to school guide, we’ll offer a collection of accessories that will do just that. From extra batteries to external hard drives and peripherals, what you’ll find here should help you get through a day of back-to-back classes, without the need to worry about losing all those term papers if something goes wrong with the SSD. Of course, not all of these are meant to aid in serious, head-down studies. We also tackle a few options for keeping fit and iPad-powered study breaks, too. So head on past the break for the rundown on a gadget stash that’ll help you ease back into the flow of things this fall.
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Nike, the famous footwear and apparel manufacturer of all things sporty, has already designed a specialized sole for prosthetic running blades earlier this year. Nike appears to be doing it again, this time in the London Olympics. Nike was able to successfully outfit Ossür’s Flex-Foot Cheetah legs, the J-shaped carbon fiber prostheses that fits the feet and calves, but with track spikes. But Nike said that the process wasn’t a walk in the park. Apparently a design problem has to be solved first. Since Össur’s Flex-Foot Cheetah legs are made from smooth carbon, affixing the track spikes requires a lot of brute force and strong fixatives.
Thankfully, Nike designer Tobie Hatfield was able to develop a newer, better Cheetah spike called the Nike Spike Pad. “We were certainly able to take the learnings of spikes on shoes for 22 years, but obviously the difference is that we’re affixing it to a more immovable object, the carbon fiber blade,” said Hatfiel. Nike’s specialized Cheetah spike was worn by the South African sprint runner Oscar Pistorius, a.k.a. Blade Runner and also considered as the fastest man on no legs. The 25-year-old Pistorius, whose legs were amputated when he was a baby, made it to the semi-finals for the 400m in the London Olympics.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nike reveals GS Football boot, lightest cleat ever, Nike+ FuelBand hack lets you track your Twitter account,
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius just ran in the Olympics. Unlike his competitors he did it as a below-the-knee amputee, using Ossür’s Flex-Foot Cheetah legs. But he also faced a unique challenge that his competitors didn’t have to consider—how do you get track spikes on your prosthetics? More »
If you were wondering why so many of the track and field athletes at the Olympics were wearing bright green shoes, here’s why: they’re all Nike athletes. And Nike has decided to go uniform across the globe on bright green shoes to grab your attention (and your dollars). It’s probably working. More »
The Nike+ Sportwatch GPS Limited Edition is powered by TomTom. Available in a special white and gold colorway, this wearable gadget tracks your time, distance, pace, heart rate and calories burned. The Nike+ Sportwatch GPS Limited Edition also converts your mileage into NikeFuel, so you can compare your daily activity with other athletes in other sports. Only 1,900 units of this special colorway are available for purchase. The Nike+ Sportwatch GPS Limited Edition retails for $170 each. [Nike]
We caught a glimpse of that Nike+ Kinect Training had to offer back at E3. Now, we’ll all be able to give it our best shot just before the holiday season. The Kinect exercise title for the Xbox 360 is set to hit shelves on October 30th and will carry a $49.99 price tag. Claiming to make us “athlete-fit”, the software will offer constant tips on form and technique while monthly reports will display progress along the way. Still no word on companion apps for mobile platforms, but the kit is expected to play nice with Windows Phone devices at launch for session reminders and sharing achievements with training mates.
Nike+ Kinect Training arrives October 30th, looks to whip you into shape for $50 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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