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Nikes new self-lacing sneakers are pretty McFly I'm Bridget Carey this is your CNET update Nike has plenty of high-tech ways to track your workout but its latest tech breakthrough is really just about looking cool the company revealed a brand new self-lacing sneakers called the hyperadapt 1.0 and the self-lacing triggers when the heel of your foot hits a sensor inside of course the concept was first introduced in 1989 in the movie Back to the Future Part 2 where Marty McFly sports a pair of Air Mags with power laces nike made a version of this famous shoe last year shown off by Michael J Fox to raise money for his Parkinson's foundation and those mags are still coming but this hyperadapt shoe is different it'll also be sold later this year we don't have a price but you can be sure it won't come cheap you have to charge it every two weeks and it uses inductive charging that means you may have to touch a special surface instead of needing to plug it in it comes in three colors and if you want the shoe it'll first only be sold to Nike Plus members Nike Plus is the company's app for super fans and the app is getting a refresh this June it ties into the Nike Plus run in training clubs for fitness tracking and sneaker fans get access to shop before others and it can be used to also find a nearby store it can feel like we're oversaturated with Fitness wearables to monitor emotion and heart rates but one company is taking a slightly different more serious medical approach to tracking a live course building a sensor that is inside an Apple watch wrist strap it's called the cardia band the company makes fda-approved EKG tech for mobile devices and it's now run by victim d'autre a former vice president at Google the company says this will discreetly capture your EKG or electrocardiogram any time you touch the sensor so it can detect abnormalities like arrhythmia and send that data to a doctor if you rather go for something more casual for your health tracking with style the watchmaker fossil has come out with these new bracelets called the fossil cue motion it looks a whole lot like the misfit ray but like the Rhea fossils cannot be worn as a pendant it's only for your wrist the battery lasts six months and it's water-resistant the q motion costs $95 it comes out in the US this summer fossil also has some new Android wear smartwatches coming later this year there's the cube Marshall and Q wander but neither have a heart rate sensor that's it for this tech news update you can head to cnet.com for more from our studios in new york I'm Bridget Carey