2015 May Be Closer Than We Think

Marty McFly’s Nike Air Mag shoes with power laces from the year 2015 may become a reality.

Via Cinematical: The website NiceKicks.com took notice of Nike filing for a patent on shoes with an automated lacing system. Now, of course it’s not referred to as “power laces”, but it does have more than just the comment in common with McFly’s Air Mags. Just take a look at one of the patent’s diagrams:

Pretty heavy.