Nike intorduces next-generation self-lacing basketball shoes

Sportswear giant Nike has some new self-lacing basketball shoes, minus the laces. [Photo: AFP]

In the 1980s, the "Back to the Future" film franchise suggested we would all eventually wear self-lacing sneakers.

Then a few years ago, Nike made the movie magic a reality, introducing its first shoe to the public with so-called "power lacing."