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 Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:00 pm Post subject: Nike Jumps Into Barefoot Running With a New Knit Shoe |
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Years back, when Nike was just starting to feel around for its Next Big Thing, its designers asked athletes what they really wanted in a performance shoe. The answer, oddly enough, was something like a sock--form-fitting, comfortable, and unobtrusive. That insight led to the development of Flyknit, a totally new shoemaking process where basically everything but the soles and the laces exist as a single piece of fabric, knit by a computer-controlled Grandma (actually a 15-foot, yarn-munching machine). <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>     </td></tr></table></div><br/><br/> 
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