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By Annalee Newitz Jul 6, 2010 8:30 AM

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Make your own Back To The Future sneakers with "power laces"

Make your own Back To The Future sneakers with "power laces" Blake Blevin writes in to say that she's created the ultimate geek sneaker: The power-lacers from Back to the Future II. Want to make some? There's a how-to over at Instructables.

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