IRL: Nike’s Back To The Future Auto-Lacing Shoe Dan Koelsch, August 26, 2010September 7, 2011 In Real Life (IRL) is a new feature in which we highlight real world things that are directly inspired by (or strikingly resemble things from) the movies. You may remember when we told you about the DIY auto-lacing shoes that were inspired by Back To The Future II (aka “power laces”). Now it looks like the big guns are looking to try it themselves, as Nike has filed a patent for just such a thing. Take a look at the patent and sketches after the break. Source: Engadget Viral News Back to the futureIRLNike
April Fools Starts Early With Conan O’Brien Buying Mashable March 31, 2012March 31, 2012April Fools is still a few hours away here on the West Coast, but as soon as the clock struck midnight out East, the games began. For instance, Mashable has been bought by Conan O’Brien for only $3,500, and he’s already made changes to the website and its Twitter. Watch… Read More
“RoboCop” Viral Marketing Searches For Human Volunteers January 28, 2014January 28, 2014Much of the RoboCop viral marketing campaign has centered around the technological conglomerate OmniCorp. This is the company that turned a nearly dead Alex Murphy into the new cybernetic threat against crime. In past campaigns, we have seen RoboCop in PSAs and participate in CES panels, but now the company… Read More
Rooster Teeth’s IndieGoGo Project “Lazer Team” Reaches $1 Million In Record Time June 9, 2014June 9, 2014From the people who brought you Red Vs. Blue comes an IndieGoGo campaign most of you have seen already. The very popular YouTube channel Rooster Teeth, which has 5 million followers and up to 2 billion views, started out as a Halo parody between red and blue players, turned to… Read More
Now we can get fatter and fatter and not have to worry about bending over and tying our shoelaces anymore. Finally! 🙂
@VanGoghX Grow up you butt head, you swear like not tying your shows will make you obese… You are delusional.