Nike released the HyperAdapt 1.0 in 2016 as its first commercially sold self-lacing sneaker.
The shoe used an electrically powered lacing system called E.A.R.L., short for Electric Adaptable Reaction Lacing. Sensors detected when the wearer placed a foot inside, and the motor tightened the laces. Buttons on the shoe allowed additional adjustment.
The HyperAdapt followed Nike’s earlier concept work on the Nike Mag, a fictional self-lacing shoe shown in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II. Unlike the film prop and later charity editions of the Mag, the HyperAdapt was developed as a real performance and lifestyle product.
Its launch price was much higher than ordinary athletic shoes, and the battery required charging. The shoe is sometimes called the first self-lacing Nike, but the more precise distinction is that it was the first commercially sold Nike model with the technology.