This is insane! Running shoes w/microprocessors?!? Wowzers... if they weren't $250/pr, I'd be all over it just to see what they're like. I wonder if the FootLocker guys'd let you run around the mall a couple times in 'em to check 'em out....?

"Adidas executives say the shoe is no gadget-dependent gimmick. Instead, its designers say it represents a leap forward in wearable technology. Each second, a sensor in the heel can take up to 20,000 readings and the embedded electronic brain can make 10,000 calculations, directing a tiny electric motor to change the shoe."