This is my NextHow to Get the 2016 Nike Mag The Nike Mag, complete with “Adaptive Fit,” to be released in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation in effort to speed a cure for Parkinson’s. Almost 30 years ago, Nike inspired a future vision of footwear — an individually responsive shoe that senses the wearer and adapts on its own. The Nike Mag, famously worn on the silver screen by Michael J. Fox, quickly became a cultural icon. Today, Nike and The Michael J. Fox Foundation proudly announce the release of the 2016 Nike Mag — a limited-edition release of only 89 pairs available globally through an online draw — to once again channel the excitement of the Nike Mag to raise awareness in the fight against Parkinson’s disease and the Foundation's tireless efforts to speed a cure. Nike first partnered with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in 2011. A version of the shoe was built for the Foundation and auctioned, raising nearly $10 million in 10 days — 100 percent of which went to fund critical Parkinson’s research.
Last year, Nike realized the future by hand-delivering the first adaptive Nike Mag shoes to Michael J. Fox. “Though it initially shared only a few seconds of screen time with Michael, the idea behind the Nike Mag unlocked something much bigger at Nike,” says Mark Parker, Chairman, President and CEO, NIKE, Inc. “It sent us down an uncharted path of innovation, but it also opened our eyes to our ability to fight some of the world’s biggest challenges. We feel privileged for the opportunity to raise even more awareness for the fight against Parkinson’s.” Nike took the first step in bringing adaptive footwear into more sports this spring with the introduction of the Nike HyperAdapt 1.0, a performance shoe that automatically laces and fits to the unique shape of each athlete’s foot. The 2016 Nike Mag combines the archetype invention with new technologies developed for the HyperAdapt 1.0. The result is an individually responsive system, called Adaptive Fit, that senses the wearer and tightens or loosens accordingly.
How to Get the Nike Mag The 2016 Nike Mag is a limited-edition release of 89 pairs. The majority of these will be available to residents of the United States and Canada through a digital draw process. /mag or via the Nike+ App, with each entry granting equal opportunity to win a pair of the Nike Mag. Tickets are $10 donations to The Michael J. Fox Foundation. There is no limit to the amount of tickets that can be obtained per individual — the more tickets, the greater chance of winning. The Draw will begin on October 4, 2016 and end October 11, 2016. Winners will be notified October 17, 2016. One pair of the Nike Mag will also be auctioned live in each of the following three places: Hong Kong on October 11, 2016; London on October 14; and in New York on November 12 at The Michael J. Fox Foundation's benefit gala, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's." One pair will also be available in a public draw; entry will be exclusively at Nike Town London from October 15 through October 16.
Harnessing the Energy of the Nike Mag to Help Speed a Cure for Parkinson’s Most importantly, 100 percent of the proceeds will go to The Michael J. Fox Foundation and drive critical research to accelerate development of a cure for Parkinson’s disease. One in 100 people over 60 will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a chronic, degenerative brain disease affecting an estimated one million Americans and five million individuals worldwide (second only to Alzheimer’s in prevalence). While classified as a movement disorder whose symptoms typically progress from mild tremors to serious physical disability, Parkinson’s also gives rise to disabling non-movement-related symptoms including depression, cognitive impairment, pain, fatigue and digestive issues. Current treatments mask some symptoms but lose effectiveness over time and do not slow disease progression. Michael J. Fox founded his eponymous Foundation in 2000 after publicly disclosing that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 29.
His stated goal: Find the cure and close the Foundation’s doors. The organization today continues working at an urgent pace to identify and drive the most critical research, and to mobilize the Parkinson’s research and patient communities to take part in our work and help speed vital progress toward a future without Parkinson’s disease. About The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research As the world’s largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research, The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to accelerating a cure for Parkinson’s disease and improved therapies for those living with the condition today. The Foundation pursues its goals through an aggressively funded, highly targeted research program coupled with active global engagement of scientists, Parkinson’s patients, business leaders, clinical trial participants, donors and volunteers. In addition to funding more than $650 million in research to date, the Foundation has fundamentally altered the trajectory of progress toward a cure.
Operating at the hub of worldwide Parkinson’s research, the Foundation forges groundbreaking collaborations with industry leaders, academic scientists and government research funders; increases the flow of participants into Parkinson’s disease clinical trials with its online tool, Fox Trial Finder; promotes Parkinson’s awareness through high-profile advocacy, events and outreach; and coordinates the grassroots involvement of thousands of Team Fox members around the world. , on Facebook or Twitter.If you’ve walked by a sneaker store in the last 20 years, chances are you saw a line of people shivering outside days in advance for the release of a limited edition pair of shoes. Whether it’s the chaotic crowds that formed for the Supreme Foamposites last year, or the murderous attempts for the Air Jordans in the 1990s, camping out for new sneaker releases has become as deeply embedded in American tradition as the Super Bowl. However, with the evolution of social media and Web browsing, camping out is becoming antiquated, a counterproductive means to securing the most elusive sneakers on the market.
The resale market for sneakers, valued at $1 billion last year, is littered with insomniacs who have all the tips, tricks, and caffeinated beverages needed to round up dozens of pairs at a time, which they resell at high markups. With dozens of different premium sneakers released in the first four months of 2015 alone — including the Adidas and Kanye West’s Yeezy Boost collaboration — it’s time you learned a few tech-savvy tricks of the trade. Adidas released adidas Confirmed on iOS devices, the first footwear reservation app for its limited edition sneakers in anticipation of the Yeezy Boost release. The app allows users in a specified area to receive push notifications on their mobile device for sneaker releases and reserve sneakers. It also verifies your location in order to prevent automated bot systems from wiping the inventory clean before you get a chance to start. Finally, it gives those with confirmed reservations, information on where to pick up their shoes.
Related: Adidas lets sneakerheads customize a pair of shoes using Instagram photos Not to be upstaged by its three-stripe competitor, Nike also released its own app for its vast inventory of releases, SNKRS back in February of this year. The app will send you a push notification when the new Lebron’s are 15 minutes from hitting the digital shelves. SNKRS also allows users to customize the list of future releases they wants updated news by simply tapping on an the array of choices. Search, personalize and purchase your favorite Nike sneakers from your phone. The app is only available on iOS, but an Android version is slated to hit the Google Play Store later this Spring. The tweets are always watching, and the commercial power of the house Twitter built is never more apparent than in the sneaker world. Nike’s NikeStore Twitter account tweeted out a link to the highly anticipated final collaboration with Kanye West, Nike Air Yeezy II by surprise at 1 p.m. on February 9, 2014.
Within 11 minutes all of the limited edition sneakers were sold out. Setting up your Twitter account to receive push notifications to your phone when brands’ Twitter accounts tweet out release links can be the difference between paying $245 for a special edition sneaker and donating a college tuition payment to your sneaker habit. Here are a few key Twitter accounts to follow to stay abreast of the latest releases of special edition shoes: @NikeStore, @heidiburgett (PR Director of Nike), @Jumpman23 (Official Jordan brand Twitter account), @ (premier shoe retailer), and @ (premiere sneaker marketplace). Contrary to Her, software can not read your inner thoughts and suggest how to respond to an email, but it can help you get sneakers. Bots and automated systems have proliferated in the sneaker community in recent years, and many will automatically scan a product page and/or Twitter account, and add shoes to your shopping cart for checkout. Convenience does not come cheap in the sneaker world, and these bots cost upwards of $225 on some sites.
There are a variety of bots, but NikeShoeBot claims to be the creator of bots and has multiple bot packages for purchase that work as Firefox and Google Chrome extensions, as well as an iOS app. You simply download the bot, enter the name and size of your desired shoe, and finally, input your shipping and payment information. The bot secures your purchase and goes through most of the checkout process, as soon as the shoe’s release link is tweeted out. It only requires you to play Nike’s recent CAPTCHA system, and your order is complete. The Google Chrome extension Page Monitor automatically refreshes numerous specified webpages in the background, and reports back when it is updated. You can set Page Monitor to give you desktop notifications and adjust the update interval to as little as 5 seconds, so you don’t have to obsessively check if the sneakers were released in between every eye blink. The style code for upcoming sneakers such are normally released months in advance, either on the company’s website or sites such as Sole Collector.