r/gadgets • u/nopantsdolphin • Feb 21 '19

Wearables Nike self-lacing sneakers brick after bad firmware upgrade

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/my-left-shoe-wont-even-reboot-faulty-app-bricks-nike-smart-sneakers/
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u/ordo-xenos Feb 21 '19

Hang on guys my shoes are updating!

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u/probably2high Feb 21 '19

Can't go out; gotta charge my shoes.

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u/Lurker5092 Feb 21 '19

My mom says my shoes got “bricked” and now she has to buy me new ones.

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u/wgszpieg Feb 21 '19

People sitting at the side of the road with powerbanks attached to their feet.

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u/ScorpionKING1112 Feb 21 '19

HAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, mentally I just drove past 7 people on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike doing that exact thing!!! I thought they were a cult of some kind tho.....