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Model: adidas 1.1 Basketball
Year: 2006
Enhancement: Microchip
Price: $250
Bill Gates meets Bill Bowerman? Not so much. The adidas 1 was set to be the biggest advancement in shoe technology by incorporating a computer. Three years of development spawned a running shoe that adjusted compression with each stride and later a basketball model. Unfortunately there were many issues and many product returns. When the basketball version released shortly after it suffered due to the reviews of its running predecessor.
