Next Big Thing: Transforming trainers
Whether galaxy print, herringbone or Donald Trump memes are your pattern of choice, these shoes have your feet covered
Autobots for my feet? It’s about damn time
You’ve… you’ve seriously been waiting for that? Because we’re afraid you’re going to have to wait a fair bit longer. These trainers don’t physically transform into war robots (or any other kind of robot, for that matter). Instead, they have the ability to connect to your smartphone, letting you change their colour and design at the press of a button. It’s about time footwear caught up with the rest of the tech world.
You can order different inserts?
Even better. Way better in fact. These snazzy trainers have built in e-paper displays, which means that you can beam any pictures you fancy, straight to your feet, changing up your style whenever you like. Harris Tweed for the business/casual board room meeting in the morning? No problem. Luminous yellow, green and hot pink in the evening for your monthly rave? Why not. Hell, you can put your name on them if you like. Or a picture of your cat. He’ll be honoured.
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I already have so many things to charge though…
Are you seriously complaining about charging something which gives you the ability to wear animated gifs on your feet? Anyway, thanks to e-paper’s zero power consumption when a static image is displayed, they’ll barely use up any power at all. There’s even talk of a built-in charging system which juices them up as you walk. The bad news is that you’ll have to wait a while before slipping into your own pair. US$250 will net you a pre-order for a pair of ShiftWear trainers on indiegogo, but they’re not due to be delivered till October 2016. Boo.
Esat Dedezade
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