Would These $1,400 Electric Sneakers Persuade You To Leave Your Car At Home? | Carscoops carscoops
Picture the scene: you need to go to the minimart to grab some milk and you know you shouldn’t take your V8 coupe because it’s only round the corner and that would be so lazy. But you can’t be botheredfrom the back of the garage, the store owner won’t let you bring your electric scooter inside, you can’t be bothered to walk because you’re too impatient and you can’t run there because you’re too unfit .
to do? One answer is get a pair of $1,399 Shift Moonwalkers. The motorized sneakers were revealed last year on Kickstarter with the aim of raising $90,000, but have since netted over $329,000 and the first pairs are being delivered to early backers this month. Though they look like a hi-tech take on 1950s roller skates and fit over your existing sneakers in the same way, each shoe has 10 wheels, not four, and those wheels are staggered to help improve stability on uneven ground.
And unlike classic skates, they don’t freewheel, which means you can stop quickly and walk up stairs. The wheels are driven by a DC motor which relies on AI software to stop and start in synch with your normal walking movements. But your normal walking speed is boosted by 2.5 times, giving you a top speed of around 7 mph . The shoes charge via a USB-C cable in 90 minutes and give a range of 6.5 miles .
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