This teardown reveals all of the futuristic tech inside Nike's $720 self-lacing sneakers
The HyperAdapt's technology is unlike any other shoe on the market. It's not just "smart" — it's intelligent.
The "laces" themselves are complicated. There are actually two components: the lace stand-ins, and the much skinnier "Flywire," which is woven through and connected to the motor-tightening mechanism.
Mindtribe found that the laces are made out of a super-tough, liquid crystal, Kevlar-like substance called Vectran.
Remove the boot liner, and you'll see the gadget internals.
The pressure sensor that the shoe uses to sense when the foot is inside the shoe — the trigger for the lacing mechanism — sits on the bottom. It has four individual sensors.
The LEDs in the front part and underneath the shoe are your standard-issue lights.
Remove the whole apparatus ...
... and what you see is what looks like the innards of any other gadget.
Mindtribe found the motor in the shoe to be incredibly strong, with 30,000 RPMs capable of lifting 30 pounds.
The most interesting thing in the teardown, according to Mindtribe, is what's not there. According to their analysis of the main chip, there are plenty of connections for expanding its capability.
The charger puck is your standard magnetic induction charging mechanism.
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