The world's first-ever hiking boots to use graphene have been unveiled by The University of Manchester and British brand inov-8.
Building on the international success of their pioneering use of graphene in trail running and fitness shoes last summer, the brand is now bringing the revolutionary technology to a market recently starved of innovation.
Just one atom thick and stronger than steel, graphene has been infused into the rubber of inov-8's new ROCLITE hiking boots, with the outsoles scientifically proven to be 50% stronger, 50% more elastic and 50% harder wearing.
How long before graphene-infused tires hit the market, too?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 18 2018, @09:12PM (4 children)
I thought SN don't do ads.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 18 2018, @09:28PM (3 children)
These are $175 sneakers. I don't think SN posters are part of the fashion sneaker crowd.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 18 2018, @09:58PM (1 child)
What are say- *pant* *pant* *pant* -ing I don't *pant* *pant* go hiking *pant* very often? *pause-to-catch-breath* I'm in great *pant* *pant* shape!
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday December 19 2018, @12:37AM
Yes, "round" is a shape.
So is "blobby"
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday December 18 2018, @10:11PM
I spend a much larger time at my local Bass Pro than the average American but I don't have any love for something trying to be a hiking boot when it's really a sneaker. No, not even if it's a high-top sneaker. Vans or a boot you can kick someone to death with in under a minute for me, thanks.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.