Back to the Future: Self Lacing Shoes are Coming!

To celebrate Back to the Future Day, also known as the date Marty McFly traveled to in Back to the Future Part II, Michael J. Fox, who played McFly, revealed a picture of himself wearing a real-life version of the franchise’s iconic self lacing shoes, some great looking Nike sneakers:

Fox also tweeted a photo of a hand-written letter from Nike designer Tinker Hatfield, which says Nike is proud to make the legendary Air Mag sneakers a reality. He said the company will also make more pairs next year, with proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research:

https://twitter.com/realmikefox/status/656895622201655296/photo/1

Hatfield first hinted about real-life power laces last year. It’s still unclear if they’ll ever be available for mass consumption, but we can only hope. One day, this could be all of us:

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