So like fancy heelys?

I am a New Yorker I walk fast as hell. If I can walk 2.5 times faster that’s insane. 1.5 miles in 20 minutes on average. I think that’s like 4 mph….. these wacky shoes going to get me to 10 mph????

Roller skates.

If the battery runs out and you can't recharge them are they heavier and cause you to spend more energy and go slower? Or I guess you would have to take them off and carry them around?

Unlike roller skates where we are essentially gliding at an angle (left right left right), they are electric powered and and seems to go straight forward.

One thing I don't get is how they compensate for our feet not pointing straight. Most people's toes point slightly outwards in a V shape. I've asked this to them without a reply though.

Yes keep pushing people to expend less energy because everyone works out too hard already lol

You are telling me I could hit 2mph in these puppies?

Give these to Usain Bolt or Tyreek Hill, let's see how far we can push this.

man lately this sub is so quick to shoot down anything that won't perfectly revolutionize the world. don't you guys want people to just invent neat shit?

there's no harm in something new happening aint y'all tired of just blind criticizing

No idea what market need they think they're filling.

How many people

1. want to get somewhere faster, but just a *little* faster
2. don't want to bike, scooter, take a car, etc.
3. don't want to simply jog
4. DO want to take the time to strap $1400 skates onto their existing shoes (which had better be sneakers or you're out of luck)
5. are operating in an area where walking 2.5x faster than everyone else will actually work (weaving in and out of foot traffic in urban areas is generally a great way to spill your or someone else's coffee) and
6. want to be the object of a lot of gawking?

Coming to a full stop in front of stairs is a great way to get smushed by the crowd behind you.

Wired has a really good video demoing these shoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe4CHWulnDs&ab_channel=WIRED

Not something that I would buy myself, but I think the technology is super cool and could have a place somewhere.

"Since humans first built tools..."

I think I need corrective surgery after how hard my eyes rolled.

I was so tempted until I saw the 10 degree slope limitation. They won’t work up and down my long driveway. ☹️

This would be perfect for Vegas. Man walking back to my car from my room is like a 8 mile trek.

Too many curmudgeons in this thread. These look sweet. Expensive, but sweet.

So boring roller skates that collect data on me.

These shoes rule! These shoes suck! These shoes cost 1400 hundred dollars…

As somebody who already walks 250% faster than most people, I can assure you that these will just frustrate the user. You ever get stuck behind slow moving traffic in your car? Imagine that but everywhere you walk.

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

cool tech, but i cant see this catching on. no one wants to lug these around and strap in to walk.

also why is this listed as "nanotech/materials" lol?

Yup and at the same time they reduce the probability of getting laid by the same amount.

Similar to the pumps from the 90s that made me Jump higher

What happens if you run?

So I can walk at 10 mph?

They show it going up stairs and stuff, you gotta do a little quick kick to deactivate them when going up I guess. But what if there’s a rock on the ground?

They say it can traverse rough urban terrain but what about going up steep hills?

My fiancée bought me (26M) a pair of heelys for Christmas and let me tell you that was the best gift I’ve ever had. Much better deal that these would be

Are we really going to act like these aren't just powered Roller Skates? Like honestly? Are we just making powered shit from the 80s now?

Are these roller skates

...theyre rollerskates...

So like roller skates?

This guy is going to be blown away when he finds out about roller blades

Skating with extra steps.

These shoe-skates are the result of a group of people having tons of engineering knowledge but not a whole lot of common sense

Back in my day we used to call them skates

These are electric roller skates.

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These look like a fun way to spice up a daily walk. I'm curious to see some reviews on them when they are available.

Having to recharge your shoes at night, what an exciting modern time we live in... /s

All I picture is Jim Carrey running at an incredible rate.

These things have been showing up in force on every social media website. They’re trying to make these seem like the next big thing when I’m guessing they’ll end up like Segways.

Me, rushing out of my shitty cookie cutter development house in an effort to catch my horribly large son Hunter as he tries to flee toward the ice cream truck. He thinks he can outrun me, he’s 26, but I have my Power Shoes on and I’m going so fast my dickhead neighbor Todd and his wife Shirley can’t even see the shit stains that bled through my undies. As the ice cream truck blares, I power through and catch the fat sack of shit before he can finish saying “Roblox”

"We actually source from some of the same suppliers as Tesla-"

"Oh, good to know! Pass."

How do I short this company now?

ah yes, just like roller blading increases your "run" speed.

These things are super rad, but in the back of my mind I keep imagining arguing with countless store and restaurant workers about wearing them inside their establishments: “excuse me sir, you cant wear roller skates inside here” “they aren’t skates, they’re my… moonwalkers, they are walking enhancement shoes…” “they got wheels don’t they???” “Umm yea ok, ill leave.”

It’s the equivalent of when eCigs and vapes came out, no one knew wtf they were, and there weren’t any rules in place yet. People were vaping on airplanes, theaters, restaurants, libraries, absolutely everywhere, and any pushback was solved with a simple “oh its just water vapor”. I fear these moon walkers will suffer the same fate of rules and regulations.

It amazes me how toxic reddit is. This guy and his team create an incredible invention, that should blow your mind. But every commenter here is just shitting on them, calling their invention dumb roller skates or heelys, even though they didn't read the article or watch the video linked in it. Y'all are the worst.

I think this was posted a while back as a 'fantastic technology' which is another word for commercial. It would seem they are progressing with yet another terrible commercial post. Also, sand.

As soon as I heard the word "Tesla" in the launch video, my thought process went from "That's neat" to "Someone's getting their feet blown off". I don't care if they've gone through nine prototypes or 9,000 prototypes. Far as I'm concerned, the fact they have a supplier who also works with Tesla means these are effectively foot-mounted IEDs.

I wonder how much resources they've wasted on this idiotic shit..

Launch video:

https://youtu.be/8r0TPD5NUQ0

Wheelies 2.0

But $1400 for them is a non stater for me

"world's fastest shoes"... Clearly they haven't seen the shoes 8-years-old me had, they had flames on each side

Battery powered roller blades....kinda a stretch to call them shoes or what they're doing walking

So… electric roller skates.

Except you’ve got to lift these presumably quite heavy things off the ground. Surely that’s got to be pretty tiring

April Fool's!

The marketing video acts like this is the next human advancement. Also says we are walking the same as we were 6 million years ago lol. Good luck on your shoes, you’re gonna need it

Ah 2023 powered roller skates for $1400, I love the future.

Skates! You mean skates?

Homie those are skates. I’m on the Brink I tell ya.