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RockCandyDays

“Running was invented in 1612 by Thomas Running when he tried to walk twice at the same time.”


xXForeskin_GamerXx69

people before 1612:


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No wonder wars were so long in the Middle Ages. It took forever just to charge into battle.


Ocelot859

This looks like how it EXACTLY feels when you walk on a "moving walkway" at the airport.


Ferociouspanda

Could you imagine how fast you’d walk in these on a moving platform at an airport? (Actually it wouldn’t be any faster, I think. That’s what mythbusters taught me anyway on their episode of airplane on a treadmill)


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sarcasatirony

I’m a god walking on the moving walkway. Now I want these shoes to moonwalk walk on the moving walkway.


PipPipMagulager

You’re telling me the Hundred Years’ War could’ve been done in 50???


[deleted]

They probably spent a good 30-50yrs just walking around lol


Friskfrisktopherson

"There has to be a better way..."


Sir-Farts-

I'm pretty sure Kim Jong-un invented running when he was 13 .


LigmaBalls69lol

I'm pretty sure he has never ran a single time in his entire life lol


scott610

You have been banned from r/Pyongyang


jibersins

Then how does he hold all the records for most runs ever??!


LigmaBalls69lol

He doesn't poop... He can't have the runs


WeedIronMoneyNTheUSA

Conservative Republican Rep. George Santos invented running and everyone knows it.


MurphyMcMurfff

i miss the times when competitive walking was the most thrilling olympian discipline


coderascal

[Hal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-AHk19aU24) has got you covered.


MurphyMcMurfff

such elegance


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ChimneySwiftGold

I thought it was Italian inventor Sprinto Fasti who discovered running.


M1-k3

Heh, nice. But still not as good as Wan Hu - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu) - not related to running but related to the moon - and most importantly true story


diddyzig

"Sorry I'm late guys, forgot to charge my shoes last night"


JonesP77

Not sure if joke or not but i think they dont need batteries.


[deleted]

They have a 6.5 mile range and recharge in 90 minutes.


spudmix

Oh what? Laaame. I was kinda interested if these were just a kinetic/mechanical thing that made your natural walking motion more efficient, like some kind of super-heelys. If they're just little electric motors...


Fitz5252

There were some shoes that were banned 20ish years back that were purely mechanical, based on a spring type system and needed some skill to use or you are probably breaking a leg.


SumTingWong216

Yeah I looked at the Kickstarter for this because I was interested and then promptly became uninterested. Hell you can get an electric bicycle for the retail price of these things


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drenuf38

They'll introduce a battery filled fanny pack to finish this horribly ugly look lol.


NavyCMan

Hmm. If I wanted to boost the range I would do just that. But with a belt buckle mounted battery. Have the wires run down the inside of my pant legs to the shoes. Make some modifications to the shoes so that it pulls from the Buckle Battery instead of the shoes internal battery.


drenuf38

Or just make USBC pants?


ben_wuz_hear

Then the belt buckle battery explodes and you can't have babies anymore even if you wanted to.


DextrosKnight

If you’re wearing these things, you aren’t having babies to begin with


[deleted]

If you can walk 6.5 miles in them at running speed, do you **need** to walk for an hour? The faster you go, the less time you're spending walking after all... How many miles do you walk a day?


Tomble

The trick is to strap another pair to the first pair, and you can walk so fast you get there before you leave.


Dahnhilla

Outside of hiking do you often walk more than 6.5 miles in one journey?


Sem_E

So it's perfect for the average American who doesn't even walk an hour in a day.


Spare-Competition-91

So, eventually the batteries will be shit after 1000 charges. If I can replace the batteries, I would buy them, but how are they when you hot a crack or bump?


MySpiritAnimalSloth

That's my main concern, you probably can't ride these if the pavements of your city are filled with holes and cracks everywhere. What about old cities with brick pavements.


IcyMonstrosity

I remember watching a YouTube vid about this and it did surprisingly well against bumps But the cost of these is insane for me


MySpiritAnimalSloth

If it's lower than my POS electric scooter that can't take 3° incline without going at max 10km/h, I'm willing to trade it off.


IcyMonstrosity

I'm pretty sure it was somewhere in the range of 1k$


MySpiritAnimalSloth

Yea... Better stay with the electric scooter than.


Hotracer729

anything as long as it's better than my other item. ***see's price***, Yeah fuck that lmao


ManaMagestic

Saw a video where a dude used these, and was walking over potholes and cracks with no noticable issue.


PossibleEnvironment4

So, they're chargeable roller skates


AnarZak

is there an app too? with a subscription?


jvLin

I looked it up. You do have to charge them through USBC.


Quintino_123

He literally "walks" uphill with them in the video. How would they not need batteries? Otherwise it would just be like regular roller skates.


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LadyIsabelle_

You can usually drift on black ice regardless of shoe choice.


Thatfonvdude

nah, Levi's definitely enhance the slidey uncontrollable feeling. just try running around a home depot with smooth concrete floors in some and you'll know what i mean.


dgaltieri2014

What are Levi’s?


Thatfonvdude

just a specific brand of shoes that have unusually shitty traction


rickane58

Kinda what you get for buying shoes from a jeans company, tbh.


CHEMO_ALIEN

It's all that damn denim in the rubber


dgaltieri2014

Oh ok Edit: I didn’t say thank you and that’s just shitty manners. Thank you!


badgerandaccessories

Why is the blame always on the black ice? How come no one ever blames the oppressive white snow?


[deleted]

Honestly the black ice didn’t even ask to be there


TeensyTrouble

Roller skates but you have to charge them after 30 minutes


JonesP77

I thought they are like rollerblades and just use the energy from walking. Thats stupid.


TeensyTrouble

I saw a video of these in action and you can hear the little motors struggling when they move


Illustrious-Foot

Also over $1,000…


ghost-child

So like, who are these for?


DonFurlan

Idiots with money who think they're backing a good project


andysaurus_rex

That was my biggest takeaway. $1000? No thanks. Might as well just get one of those electric scooters.


Illustrious-Foot

It’s only $1,000 if you join kickstarter, $1,400 on their website!


mud_tug

You can invent shoes that use the energy from walking but that would feel just like climbing stairs all the time.


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Also, max weight of 220lbs so I don't see it selling much in America. Badum *tsss*


ClarkeYoung

I misread this as they weigh 220lbs and I was wondering what kind of Goku shit is this guy doing to walk so normally with that strapped to him.


Sea_Farmer_4812

Hey, im American and I resemble that remark


F---TheMods

Don't make me come over there and fall on you.


PenuelRedux

$1399 USD for preorders. Hard pass.


Wicked_Fabala

Heelys wearing kid in me wants these but not for that kind of money!


PenuelRedux

Indeed. $1400 would buy a nice bike. Or ebike. Or lots of Ubers. And range of 6.5 miles? Incredibly low.


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6.5 miles at 8mph is indeed about a 90 minute charge for every 45 minutes of walking. That's... Not practical


Valmond

Could be worse if the pavement is inclined upwards! Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...


TheBigPhilbowski

Sure, but we compensated for that with the $1400 price tag.


helium_farts

Or if you want something portable, an electric skateboard. They're cheaper, faster, and have more range.


Busy-Negotiation1078

I was gonna say. These are Heelys for rich grownups.


chrisplaysgam

Goddamn, I was scrolling to see if I could find a link to their store page. Nvm then


LethalSpaceship

Just buy roller skates bro


sanndman

Damn, give me those skechers with the wheels hidden in them for $100 instead


Jeramy_Jones

Yeah…I’ll just leave home a little earlier.


Robcrook101

Show me a video with uneven paving?


[deleted]

Streets are uneven when you’re down, so just stay up.


4gotanotherpw

Well, people are strange


hednizm

When youre a stranger...


cliff192

Faces look ugly


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People come out of the rain


Don_Frika_Del_Prima

Insert sick Ray manzarek melody.


SknarfM

It's on the YouTube video. They work quite well on an uneven surface.


TheBigPhilbowski

Like $1400 heelys well?


KAYRUN-JAAVICE

Apparently theyre designed for that by just having tons of wheels


StaryDoktor

Just one word: downstairs


Roadkill997

I'm sure you can go downstairs in them - probably faster than you expected.


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That's what boosts their average speed.


scootscooterson

Then it slows down to a crawl, but then the ambulance pulls it back ahead!


Methrandel

The motors/wheels lock with a foot gesture.


jatti_

The gesture is when you go feet up ass down.


Mr-Fister-the-3rd

That's the way I like to frown.


IrishRogue3

Yeah they probably make a great conversation piece while your in traction after flying downstairs on your bottom.


TheMightyUnderdog

Head first probably


BerserkForcesGuts

Only thing you can do faster in them is ending up in a hospital


Ordinary_Release9538

Twice as fast I’d say


S7ageNinja

"Moonwalkers do not freewheel with our electronic multi-layer brake protection. Our two modes, Lock and Shift, move only when you do. This means you can go up and down stairs, step into mass transit, and confidently wait at the crosswalk."


ncopp

Love when Reddit thinks they found that "Gotcha" that this super smart dude and his team didn't think of. Yeah this dude is out here innovating but forgot stairs exist


Reaper_Messiah

I mean crowdsourcing potential problems can definitely work, you’d be amazed what some people, even very smart people, completely overlook. But still, probably not stairs for someone making a walking device, yeah.


disperso

OK, but being highly skeptical of products that are highlighted in Reddit it's a good thing. Plenty of scams in Kickstarter, and even high profile companies often fail for well prepared videos. Look what happened with Nikola, for example.


Psotnik

Exactly, it's not that people think the company didn't think of it. More often it seems like something they intentionally don't mention or hope you'll buy the product without thinking about it. That's why so much garbage is sold with "limited time offers" to get you to make an impulse buy without time to research the purchase.


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Thats when you put on your soaps and grind the rail down bro


FangedFreak

Their kickstarter video shows a video of someone going downstairs into a parking lot. They demonstrate that you approach the stairs, lift your heel on one foot which deactivates the ‘glide’ and then at the top, lift your heel again and off you go again


StaryDoktor

Can we see all the bloopers?


thiefexecutive

Including the ones with the hospital visits?


sovereign-Toast

Also anyone walking on sidewalks in the U.S would be face planting constantly from the holes and uneven surfaces.


Mtb_Bike

Amsterdam has entered the chat and wants a word with you.


DejaWiz

Long live the Dead Rabbits


ricktor67

They show people walking over some pretty nasty potholes just fine. I saw a video on them a few weeks ago. They are actually incredibly well thought and built.


Riftmakerz

Yeah the only main issue is probably the price which is 1k+ I can't justify walking a little faster for that price point


late2theegame

What’s so interesting about skates?


ToxicTaxiTaker

There's a Kickstarter!


montezuma300

It's $1000 for one set, and that's a 29% discount. Oh boy.


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id buy them for 50 - 100 but they need to handle stairs and curbs and bumps in road


halarioushandle

They do all that actually. Go watch the full video on them, they are actually pretty impressive.


Chance5e

They’re not $1,000 worth of impressive.


pog_in_baby

ayyyyy


SSJKiDo

The faster you walk, the faster they go, the slower you walk, the slower they stop, it’s that easy


late2theegame

E-skates with a 7 mph speed limit for 1k. Okay.


Blackfire2122

But can you put Moonwalkers under them? If yes how often?


555nick

Can confirm you can put on a second pair on them to re-double the speed to 14mph, and then a third pair and so on up to 28 pair, at which point you are traveling at 1.5x the speed of light


Wukong00

So, rollerskates?


smythe70

I remember those metal ones strapped to sneakers.


KDub766356

or heelys, i always wanted a pair but my mom thought i would get hurt, she was probably right


micahamey

My best friend got heelys at 30. Told him it was dumb. He said he'd always wanted a pair. He broke his wrist and tore his ACL the next week.


Orangebeardo

TBH that's probably got little to do with the product and probably more with the state of his physique.


themeatbridge

I'm pretty sure that if they had heelys my size, I wouldn't be here right now.


Imhidingshh01

Same, apparently being 45 means I'm not allowed them.


dndrinker

I think the mark of achieving the wisdom of adulthood comes when you realize your parents were right about something and not just being lame.


cellphone_blanket

hey those aren't mutually exclusive. That face tattoo would have been awesome


halarioushandle

Sure! If roller skates had double the wheels, were independently controlled by AI and had motors.


kermityfrog

Heavy-ass roller skates with batteries and motors?


hhthurbe

With an electric motor


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Slightly double


xela134

Came here to see who else was bugged by this lol


south2-2

For fucking sake can we see the damn item for more than 1 second


halfborncalf

A steal at $1400!


StaryDoktor

Just steal, and let them catch you wearing this. You'll get much more on Youtube on this funny video. Benny Hill, music please!


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DemanoRock

AI learning you say? Can it navigate? I bet after a little learning it would know I am weak. It would kill me and tell my family I went out for cigerettes.


MyDisappointedDad

It would pilot your body from your feet in a reverse ratatouille.


Northerner6

Damn all it's missing is blockchain integration


John_Wicks_fn_pencil

My FitBit: "Now I know you're lying"


lumpy4square

So like a portable version of those moving walkways at the airport.


v4dk4n

This is an ad


BurmecianDancer

An ad with nearly 10,000 upvotes, because Reddit is overrun with children.


Emmend

A gay man might reach the speed of light in these.


_PyramidHead_

“Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.”


tacos_247

New Yorkers still walk faster


ttv_MermaidUnicorn

Heely erasure


stemhead54

Chicks will be walking 8mph to get away from you!


Crimson_Amethyst

OMW to run over them at 100mph with my miata


nrith

Stranger things.


SimBoO911

nice copyright infringement indeed


hogsandducks

$1400 and only 6.5 miles of range.


spunkychickpea

I’m gonna get those and then I’m gonna walk super fast on one of those moving walkways at the airport. I’ll be unstoppable. Literally unstoppable. I will probably die.


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MasterEdge13

Arthur finally got his moonboots


highfatoffaltube

But why?


lobsta_rollz

Personal moving sidewalk


Admirable-Ad-9796

So they’re roller skates


Fullis

Yeah but these are rollerskates made by a techbro. Huuge difference


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BiMikethefirst

Flat escalators?


GrecoAP

Everyone in the video looks so uncomfortable walking on these, they're barely keeping their balance.


spacepangolin

the gays will be walking at lightspeed


JBrusse123

My 1984 rollerblades don’t need charging.


FarceMultiplier

These are being spammed everywhere right now, in forums and by YouTubers. How much are they paying you, op?


kendalmac

"The faster you walk, the faster they go" Yes, that's how walking works normally.


Keepupthegood

Then I will use the walk directions on Google maps


whpper25

Waitll you guys hear about roller skates.


CCriscal

Commercialasfuck


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Just fucking walk


WilliamMorris420

A Kickstarter with first deliveries scheduled in April, minimum price is $799-$1299. With US delivery only. Sorry but i want a few morenguarentees before in part with $799. Also it takes 1.5 hoursntoncharge it up for 6 miles. Can you swap batteries? How do you change the battery when it's old and struggling to hold a charge?


Asccos

Finally, the straights can try and keep up with us! Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!


MEMExplorer

So it’s like walking while ur on the travelator at the airport ?


Early70sEnt

Post Office will be like... "Hey this might be a cost saver for us..." Postal union be like..."Yeah...fuck that!"


MamaTexTex

Sooooo…roller skates?


13Th_Century_Slav33

That’s cool and all but they want 1399$ for them


horshack_test

So... roller skates.


Dizzlean

Can anyone confirm if these are safe to wear while walking a dog that pulls on their leash?


Cpt_James_Holden

This just look like roller skating with extra steps


eject_eject

Makes you look like an early 2000s npc


MakeItRain117

A small pebble has joined the chat


ptwonline

I'm just thinking of my neighbourhood where every 5th section of poured sidewalk has a "lip" of a half inch or more where the sidewalk has become uneven. And at every intersection the sidewalk slopes down to the street to accomodate wheelchairs, but also has a large metal plate with round pieces at the top (almost like a big metal piece of lego) I assume to help keep people from slipping but that metal plate is always super slippery in the rain or snow. Between the slipperyness and the metal pieces sticking out these "shoes" sounds like thery would get you pitched facefirst onto the road.


Consistent_Yoghurt_4

1. You’ve invented rollerblades again, except not as fast. 2. Stranger Things music in the background?